Vocabulary
A word that mean the same as another word.
What is a synonym?
Another way to say Main Idea
What is central idea?
"The stars twinkled like diamonds in the sky." What type of figurative language is used?
What is a simile?
A passage that explain steps for planting a tree. What text structure is used?
What is sequence?
In a fiction text, a narrator who is outside the story and uses he, she, or they uses this point of view?
What is third person narration?
In the sentence: The explorer trudged through the snow, moving slowly and with great effort. What is the meaning of trudged?
What is moving slowly or with difficulty?
When a questions asks for the main idea of a paragraph what should you do first?
What os reread the paragraph and ask yourself two questions: 1. Who or what is the text about? 2. What is so important about that person, place, thing or idea?
"The thunder growled angrily." What type of figurative language is this?
A text that describes two animals and how they are alike and different. What text structure is used?
What is compare and contrast?
In a fictional text, a narrator who uses I, me, or my uses this point of view?
What is first person point of view?
In the sentence: The desert was arid, with almost no rain for months. What does arid mean?
What is dry?
The difference between the main idea and supporting details
What is the main idea tells what the text so mostly about and supporting details gives information that explains it?
"My backpack weighs a ton." What type of figurative language is this?
What is a hyperbole?
A passage explains how pollution causes fish to die. What text structure is used?
What is cause and effect?
"I remember the day our town flooded. The water rushed into our streets, and my family quickly packed our belongings and moved to higher ground." Is this a firsthand for secondhand account?
What is a firsthand account?
In the sentence: The kitten was timid and hid behind the couch when guests arrived. What does timid mean?
What is shy or scared?
A passage describes how octopuses change color, hide and rocks, and spray ink to escape predators. What is the main idea?
What is octopuses have ways to protect themselves?
What is a metaphor?
A text that describes the appearance of a rainforest in detail? What text structure is used?
What is description?
The article explains many families had to leave their homes when the river flooded the town in 1998. What type of account is this.
What is a second hand account?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
Why should you read the questions before reading the passage?
What os it helps you know what information to look for?
"The wind danced across the field." What type of figurative language is this?
What is personification?
A Non-Fiction text that gives dates on a timeline of a famous persons life? What text structure is used?
What is chronological order?
This type of account is told by someone who experienced the event themselves.
What is a firsthand account?