Reading Skills 1
Something that can be proven true
Fact or Fiction
What is a fact.
How someone thinks or feels
fact or opinion
What is an opinion
The reason an author writes
author's purpose or random ideas
What is author's purpose
To tell how two or more things are alike
Compare or Contrast
What is compare
To tell how two or more things are different.
compare or contrast
What is contrast
*******A reference book that contains definitions of words
What is a dictionary
*******Words that mean the same
What is a synonym
The three reasons an author writes.
to bore, inform and uneducate
persuade,inform or entertain
What is to persuade, inform, or entertain.
an important idea that is woven throughout a story
theme or ending
What is theme
The order in which things happen in a story.
paragraph or sequence
What is sequence
A reference book that contains maps
thesaurus or atlas
What is an atlas
tells why something happened.
cause or effect
What is cause
tells what happened as a result of the cause
effect or choice
What is effect
What is biography?
A book that is written about someone else's life story.
*******When and where a story takes place
What is the setting
*****Important things that happen at the beginning, middle, and end of a story
introduction or plot
What is plot
A decision or opinion that makes sense based on facts and details.
drawing a conclusion or mystery
What is drawing conclusions.
Something added to the beginning of a word that can change its meaning.
What is a prefix