Chronological order

Chronological order

events arranged in time order

Dialogue

a conversation between 2 or more people

Memoir

a true story of an important time in the author’s life

Conclusion

solve the problem,the end

Inference

figure something out

1st person point of view

talks about me- uses I,me,we or my

Prose

written in complete sentences and paragraphs

Stanza

sections in a poem

Sensory language

words that appeal to the five senses

Imagery

vivid word pictures

Onomatopoeia

words that imitate sounds

Nonfiction

a true story

Narrative

any story

Context clues

other words and phrases that appear nearby in the text

Biography

story about someone else’s life

Synonyms

words that have the same meaning

Antonyms

words that have the opposite meaning

Excerpt

part of a story

Theme

central idea or main message of the story

Author’s purpose

the reason that an author writes a text