Genre
Words
Main Idea
Text Org
Random Reading
100
A story the author tells about another person's life
What is a biography
100
letters attached to the beginning or end of a word (prefix or suffix)
What is an affix
100
author's central thought
What is main idea
100
show differences
What is contrast
100
something true, read and actual
What is fact
200
non-fiction piece of writing including knowledge or facts
What is informational text
200
using other words in the sentence or paragraph to help figure out a word you don't know
What is context clues
200
tells something specific about the main idea
What is detail
200
cause statements stem from actions and events, and effects are what happened as a result of the action or event
What is cause and effect
200
using facts or clues in a story along with prior knowledge to come to a conclusion
What is inference
300
literature that is written to show how to do something or an advertisement
What is informational text
300
a group of letters placed after a word to alter its meaning
What is suffix
300
tell the most important ideas about a text keeping it short and to the point in your own words
What is a summary
300
order in which events take place
What is sequence
300
belief or statement based on judgment rather than a proven fact
What is opinion
400
an account of real or imaginary happening basically telling some type of story
What is a narrative text
400
a word which prefixes and suffixes can be added to in order to form a different word
What is root work
400
detail account of what was read in your own words
What is a retell
400
author states a question, then answers it in the text
What is question and answer
400
literature based on the authors imagination
What is fiction
500
a body of writing written to change the way a reader thinks
What is a persuasive text
500
groups of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning
What is prefix
500
Author's message behind the story
What is theme
500
author's intent either to inform, teach, entertain, persuade or convince
What is author's purpose
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