Reading A
The bird was perched on a branch,
What does perched mean
what is sitting
The person who writes a book
who is an Author
information you can prove. opposite of opinion
What is fact
What a paragraph or story is mostly about
what is the main idea
words that have the same meaning
synonyms
Where a story takes place
What is the setting
The speaker or person telling the story
Who is the Narrator
How the author views something or someone - first or third person
Point of view
Added to the end of a base word to change the meaning - tion, ing, ly
What is a Suffix
Person who draws pictures in a book
Who is an illustrator
Added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning - en, un, dis
What is a Prefix
names a person, place or thing
What is a noun
The answer to a problem in a text.
solution
What does It's raining cats and dogs mean?
It's raining hard
comparison of two things using like or as
What is a simile
Writing that uses lines and stanzas
Poetry
a result of a cause or an event that happened
What is effect
words that mean the opposite
antonyms
Comparing two unlike things - NOT using like or as
Metaphor
To find the meaning of an unknown word, use _________________ clues.
context