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- Closed syllable
- A syllable that ends with a consonant and usually has a short vowel sound, as in cat, ship, jump, and splash.
- Open syllable
- A syllable that ends with a vowel, which usually says its long sound, as in go, me, hi, and the first syllable of robot.
- Silent e
- A final e that is not pronounced and usually makes the earlier vowel long, changing cap to cape and hop to hope.
- Consonant digraph
- Two consonants that work together to make one new sound, such as sh in ship, ch in chair, th in thin, and ck in duck.
- Consonant blend
- Two or three consonants grouped together where each letter's sound is still heard, such as st in stop or gr in grass.
- Vowel team
- Two vowels that work together to make one sound, such as ai in rain, oa in boat, ee in seed, and ay in play.
- Syllable counting rule
- A word has as many syllables as it has vowel sounds, so table has two and cat has one, no matter how many letters appear.
- Context clues
- The words and sentences surrounding an unknown word that give hints about what the word means, helping a reader keep going.
- Prefix
- A word part added to the beginning of a base word that changes its meaning, such as un- meaning not or re- meaning again.
- Suffix
- A word part added to the end of a base word that changes meaning or use, such as -ful meaning full of or -less meaning without.
- Compound word
- A word made of two smaller words joined together, where both parts help build the meaning, as in raincoat, playground, and bedtime.
- Homophones
- Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things, such as to, too, and two, or sea and see.
- Shades of meaning
- Small differences in strength or feeling between similar words, such as warm, hot, and scorching, which grow stronger in order.
- Antonym clue
- A hint about a word's meaning given by an opposite word nearby, often signaled by but, unlike, or instead of.
- Literal answer
- An answer stated directly in the text, which a reader can find by locating and quoting the exact sentence that says it.
- Text features
- Parts of informational text beyond sentences that carry meaning, including headings, captions, bold words, labels, diagrams, maps, and glossaries.
- Caption
- A short line of text placed beside or under a picture that explains what the picture shows or why it matters.
- Cause and effect
- A link between events where the cause explains why something happened and the effect explains what happened as a result.
- Fact versus opinion
- A fact can be checked and proven true, while an opinion tells a feeling, belief, or judgment that others may not share.
- Sequence words
- Words such as first, next, then, and finally that show the order in which steps or events happen in a text.
- Story elements
- The main parts of a story: characters, setting, plot, problem, and solution, which together describe what happens and to whom.
- Setting
- Where and when a story takes place, which can be stated outright or shown through details and can change during the story.
- Plot
- The sequence of events in a story, usually organized as a beginning, a middle where a problem grows, and an end.
- Problem and solution
- The problem is the difficulty a character must face, and the solution is how that difficulty is finally worked out.
- Dialogue
- The exact words characters speak in a story, shown inside quotation marks and usually paired with a tag naming the speaker.
- First-person narrator
- A storyteller who is part of the story and uses words like I and we, telling only what that character knows.
- Inference
- A conclusion a reader reaches by combining details from the text with what the reader already knows, always supported by evidence.
- Text evidence
- The exact words or details in a passage that support an answer, inference, or prediction a reader gives.
- Prediction
- A reasonable guess about what will happen next, based on what has already happened and on patterns the reader knows.
- Lesson or moral
- A general statement about how people should act, drawn from what a character learns or from how a story turns out.
- Author's purpose
- The reason an author writes a text, most often to inform, to persuade, or to entertain, sometimes more than one at once.
- Main idea
- The most important point an author makes about the topic, which may be stated in a topic sentence or gathered from details.