M-STEP Language Arts Vocabulary

a comparison between two different things that have something in common

books about imaginary people, places, and things

a punctuation mark used to separate words or ideas. Also tell the reader where to pause

the part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about

a story written about another person's life 

books about real people, places, or things

the use of words that imitate sounds

a special kind of writing written in lines and stanzas

a specific person, place, thing or idea

a short and clear description of the main ideas if a longer piece of writing

the shortened form of a word or group of words

a way of organizing notes about a subject into main topics and subtopics

a name given to a book, play, story, etc.

a sentence that asks something; a question

to revise and correct written material 

a word that has the same or almost the same meanings as another word

a word or phrase used to express strong emotion or surprise

the turning point in the action of a story 

a statement that can be proven to be true

writing (a short story or essay)

a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb

a word from which other words are formed by adding prefixes or suffixes

a person, place, thing or an idea

words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings and meanings

a word part added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning of the word

a sentence that tells something; a statement

the part of a sentence that tells something about the subject

a word that has the opposite meaning of another word

a sentence that tells someone to do something; a command

a word that takes place of one or more nouns

a comparison between two different things that have something in common and uses like or as

fiction that contains magical or other seemingly impossible elements

the specific subject or idea that all the other sentences in a paragraph explain 

a belief that is not supported by proof

the subject of spoken or written material; a topic

a word that shows action or joins the subject to the other words in the sentence

the story of a person's life written by that person

a rough outline of something being written 

words that are spelled the alike but have different pronunciations and meanings

the action and events of a play or story 

a story in dialogue form written to be performed on stage

a word that describes a noun

a person in a novel, story, or play

a description in which an idea, an object, or an animal is given a human quality

a word part added to the end of a word to change the meaning of the word or to make a new word

the time and place of a story

a sentence that shows emotion, excitement, or surprise

a division of a poem made up of two or more lines