Reading Skills
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
LEVEL A vocabulary
Story Elements
100
Inner Conversations
What is having thoughts in your mind about what you are reading as you read to help remember the information
100
Simile/def/give example
What is a comparison using like or as. She was as pretty as a rose.
100
Name 5 different types of nouns.
What is proper, common, collective, abstract, compound, concrete,
100
Famished
What is suffering severely from hunger
100
Characters (2 types)
What is protagonist vs. antagonist
200
Text Signs
What is looking for captions, graphs, or footnotes to help to better understand the text
200
Personification-def-ex
What is giving human qualities to inatimate objects. When my purse went missing it felt as thought it had grown legs and ran away.
200
This,That,These,Those (explain difference)
What are DEMONSTRATIVE pronouns and adjectives. DA: That girl is funny. (noun or pronoun is followed by it) DP: That is funny. (a verb is followed by it)
200
Irk
What is to annoy, trouble
200
Conflict
What is the problem in the story
300
Identifying Theme
What is looking for reoccuring messages throughout the text and are discovered in the RESOLUTION
300
Hyperbole
What is an EXAGGERATION. We had a ton of homework last night!
300
Sally walked through the front door. (label)
What is Proper Noun, action verb, preposition, article, adjective, noun
300
Depict (part of speech and definition)
What is to portray. (VERB)
300
What are the 5 elements of plot
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
400
Main Idea
What is can be found in the title or throughout the passage
400
He was a tiger in the court room.
What is a metaphor
400
Agh! I can not believe you came. (label)
What is: Interjection, pronoun, helping verb, adverb, verb, pronoun, verb.
400
Imagine his (plight,ingratitude)- penniless, unemployed and with a large family to support.
What is plight.
400
Theme-define Example from a novel we have read this year.
What is the universal lesson taught in a story. The Cay- Don't judge a book by it's cover.
500
Selective underlining and paraphrasing
What you should do when reading a reading passage to help understand what is happening in the story. Also, should be used when underlining questions which should be read before the text.
500
Onomatopoeia,Assonance,Alliteration (define and give examples)
What is onomatopoeia- when a sound represents the meaning of the word. Assonance- vowel sounds repeat themselves Alliteration- consonant sounds repeat themselves
500
Identify the verb phrase and prepositional phrase in the sentence.
What is : She will walk through the door as fast as she can to get to class on time.
500
Synonym and Antonym for:Remorse
What is synonym: guilt Antonym: clear conscience
500
a Venn Diagram can be used to reflect on a story by....
What is compare elements of a story. For ex. antagonist vs. protagonist
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