Reading Skills
A conclusion that is made by using text evidence along with the reader's background knowledge
What is an inference?
The "who" of the story.
What is character?
This type of text can rhyme, but does not has to. It is organized in lines and stanzas.
What is poetry?
A description of an event by someone who was there to experience it.
What is a firsthand account?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This is what the story is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
The "when" or "where" a story takes place.
What is setting?
The type of text has a cast of characters, a script, and stage directions.
What is drama?
The main character is telling the story, using "I", "me", and "my"
What is first person point of view?
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
To use clues to infer what may happen next.
What is predict?
The problem of the story.
What is conflict?
This type of text is true.
What is nonfiction?
A description of an event by someone who was not there to see it.
What is a secondhand account?
Sound words, including "buzz" and "bang"
What is onomatopoeia?
Words and phrases in a text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.
What are context clues?
It is how the issue was resolved.
What is solution?
The type of text is not real.
What is fiction?
The narrator uses "he", "she", and "they" when telling a story.
What is third person point of view?
The repetition of the first letter or sound in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
A retelling of the main events in a text, in your own words.
What is a summary?
The most intense moment or turning point in a story.
What is climax?
This type of text is an account of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
The person who writes a story.
What is an author?
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is an idiom?