Reading Skills
A conclusion that is made by using text evidence along with the reader's background knowledge
What is an inference?
The "who" of the story.
What is character?
This type of text can rhyme, but does not have to. It is organized in lines and stanzas.
What is poetry?
A person who has a part in the story. A. setting B. character C. theme D. main idea
What is B (character)?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This is what the story is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
The "when" or "where" a story takes place.
What is setting?
The type of text has a cast of characters, a script, and stage directions.
What is drama/play?
The writer talks about how two things are alike or different.
A. cause/effect
B. compare/contrast
C. problem/solution D. sequence
What is B (compare and contrast)?
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
To use clues to infer what may happen next.
What is predict?
The message or lesson in a story.
What is the moral or theme?
This type of text is true.
What is nonfiction?
What the reading is mostly about. A. character
B. theme
C. main idea
D. plot
What is C.? (main idea)
Sound words, including "buzz" and "bang"
What is onomatopoeia?
What you should do when you're asked the meaning of an unfamiliar word in the text.
What is read the sentences before and after and try out the answer choices?
It is how the issue was resolved.
What is solution?
The type of text is not real.
What is fiction?
The events or steps are written in chronological order.
A. cause/effect
B. problem/solution
C. description
D. sequence
What is D? (sequence)
The repetition of the first letter or sound in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
A retelling of the main events in a text, in your own words.
What is a summary?
One or two words explaining what the text is about.
What is topic?
This type of text is an account of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
When you read texts and can relate to them in some way?
What is text connections?
Giving human qualities to a non-human thing.
What is an personification?