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character	Who the story is about		la-story-elements
setting	Where and when the story happens		la-story-elements
plot	What happens in the story		la-story-elements
problem	The trouble the characters face		la-story-elements
solution	How the problem is solved		la-story-elements
beginning	Where the story introduces characters and setting		la-story-elements
middle	Where the problem grows		la-story-elements
end	Where the problem is solved		la-story-elements
main idea	What a text is mostly about		la-story-elements
supporting details	Facts that back up the main idea		la-story-elements
theme	The lesson or message of a story		la-story-elements
summary	A short retelling of the important parts		la-story-elements
sequence	The order in which events happen		la-story-elements
cause	Why something happens		la-story-elements
effect	What happens as a result		la-story-elements
compare	To tell how things are alike		la-story-elements
contrast	To tell how things are different		la-story-elements
fact	Something that can be proven true		la-story-elements
opinion	What someone thinks or feels		la-story-elements
inference	A smart guess from clues		la-story-elements
prediction	A guess about what will happen next		la-story-elements
context clues	Hints in the text that help explain a word		la-story-elements
author's purpose	Why the author wrote it: to inform, persuade or entertain		la-story-elements
point of view	Who is telling the story		la-story-elements
visualize	To make a picture in your mind while reading		la-story-elements
connection	Linking a text to yourself, another text, or the world		la-story-elements
text feature	A heading, caption or bold word that helps readers		la-story-elements
heading	A title for a section		la-story-elements
caption	Words that explain a picture		la-story-elements
glossary	A mini dictionary at the back of a book		la-story-elements
index	An alphabetical list of topics at the back with page numbers		la-story-elements
table of contents	A list of chapters and page numbers at the front		la-story-elements
bold print	Heavy type that shows an important word		la-story-elements
diagram	A labeled drawing		la-story-elements
genre	A type of writing		la-story-elements
fiction	Made-up stories		la-story-elements
nonfiction	True information		la-story-elements
narrator	The one who tells the story		la-story-elements
dialogue	Characters talking		la-story-elements
conflict	A struggle between forces		la-story-elements
climax	The most exciting part		la-story-elements
resolution	The way the story's problem ends		la-story-elements
mood	The feeling of the story		la-story-elements
tone	The attitude of the author		la-story-elements
evidence	Facts or quotes that prove a point		la-story-elements
claim	A statement you argue is true		la-story-elements
reasoning	The logic linking evidence to a claim		la-story-elements
fluency	Reading smoothly with expression		la-story-elements
decoding	Using letter sounds to read a word		la-story-elements
comprehension	Understanding what you read		la-story-elements
skim	To read quickly for the main idea		la-story-elements
scan	To look quickly for specific information		la-story-elements