Reading Comprehension
The most important point the author is trying to make. Also known as central idea.
What is main idea?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
The time and place a story takes place.
What is setting?
A structure that presents a problem and explains how it is solved.
What is a problem and solution text structure?
A made-up story that is not real. Contains a plot.
What is a fiction story?
Facts or examples that explain or prove the main idea.
What are supporting details?
Sensory language that appeals to our five senses.
What is imagery?
What are the different points of view an author can use?
First person, second person, and third person.
A structure that shows how two or more things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
Writing that gives true information about real people, events, or things.
What is a non-fiction text.
These words surround and help readers figure out the definition of unknown words.
What are context clues?
A type of figurative language where non-living things are given human-like characteristics.
What is personification?
The message or lesson of the story; you find it by thinking about what the characters learn.
What is theme?
A structure that gives details about a topic to help the reader picture or understand it better.
What is descriptive text?
This text tells about a real person's life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion in a text?
A fact can be proven true; an opinion is what someone thinks or feels.
This point of view gives us insight only into the feelings and thoughts of the narrator.
What is first-person POV?
The series of events that make up the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Contain the conflict and solution, as well as the outcome of the story.
What is plot?
A structure that describes events in the order they happened.
What is chronological or sequential order?
This text gives opinions, reasons, or arguments to convince you to believe or do something. It contains a claim.
What is argumentative text?
How does the author’s purpose affect the way a passage is written?
The purpose (to inform, persuade, entertain) shapes the language and structure of the passage.
This type of figurative language uses words with the same starting letter.
What is alliteration?
These types of words/phrases help the author indirectly emphasize certain things in the story.
What is figurative language?
A structure that explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
What is cause and effect?
How can you figure out the genre of a text?
Look at the story's features—real or imaginary events, facts, characters, or poetic language—to decide the genre.