Figurative Language
Comprehension
Author's Purpose
Important Words
Story Structure
100
A word that makes a sound
What is onomatopoeia.
100
To tell how things are similar.
What is to compare.
100
When an author wants you to agree with him or her.
What is to persuade.
100
A word that has the opposite meaning.
What is an antonym.
100
Where the story takes place.
What is the setting.
200
Comparison of two things using like or as.
What is simile.
200
To tell how things are different.
What is to contrast.
200
When the author wants you to enjoy what you are reading.
What is entertain.
200
A word that has the same or similar meaning.
What is synonym.
200
the people and animals in the story are the...
What is characters.
300
Comparison of two things without using like or as.
What is metaphor.
300
When you create a picture of what you are reading.
What is visualize.
300
When the author wants to give you facts or teach you about something new.
What is inform.
300
Something that can be proven to be true.
What is a fact.
300
An event in the story that the characters have to solve is the...
What is problem.
400
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
What is personification.
400
When you use clues from the story to guess what will happen next.
What is prediction.
400
When you give the important information from a story or book in a few sentences in your own words.
What is summarize.
400
A statement that cannot be proven to be true and often includes your thoughts and feelings.
What is opinion.
400
A message or lesson an author wants you to learn and understand.
What is theme.
500
when two or more words begin with the same initial sound.
What is alliteration.
500
When a story reminds you of something you have done, seen or read.
What is connection.
500
When you use what the author writes and what you already know to understand what you are reading. "Reading between the lines."
What is infer or inference.
500
What a story is mostly about.
What is main idea.
500
How characters fix a problem in a story.
What is solution or resolution.
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