Voc. Terms1
words that are spelled alike but have different meanings.
What are multiple meaning words (homophones)?
how the author sees something which affects the way he writes about it
What is point of view?
the person who wrote the story or article
shows things in common between pairs of words
letters added to the end of a word to make a new word
the people or animals in the story
words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown words
What are context clues?
usually tells who, what, when, where, why, and how
a phrase that doesn't mean what it says word for word
letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word
a story or article that tells about real life people, places, or events
the time and place that a story happens
what a piece of writing is mostly about
finding sentences in the story to prove an answer or conclusion
an item that is the same as other things in a group
a story or article that is made up (not real)
a statement that cannot be proven (what someone thinks, feels, or believes)
the series of events that happen in a story
briefly restates the main idea and important details of a story; includes the beginning, middle, and end
trying to guess what will happen next in the story
words that mean the same thing or almost the same thing
a statement that can be proven true
the reason a character does or says something
the conflict or trouble that the characters have in a story
tells a life lesson learned from the story (moral or message)
trying to figure out things that aren't stated in the story by using what I already know (schema) and clues in the text
words that have opposite meanings
two stories or articles that are meant to be read together to show comparison and contrast
the turning point or point of greatest interest or suspense in a story
when an author gives a hint about or mentions something that will happen later in the story