What type of reading skill
Poetry
Fictional Texts
Informational texts
Misc.
100

mainly about, mostly about 

main idea

100

repetition of beginning sounds in a phrase

Alliteration

100

Where and when the story takes place?

setting

100

a brief description found near a photograph to give the reader information.

Caption

100

A phrase with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the words.

idiom

200

According to the selection or passage _____means...

Context Clues

200

Using words or phrases to create a picture in the readers mind.

Imagery, sensory details

200

Problem in the story

conflict

200

A drawing that shows the parts of something.

Diagram

200

Pattern of rhyme in a poem.

Rhyme scheme

300

The most likely reason an author writes

Authors Purpose

300

comparing two things without using "like' or "as"

metaphor

300

The solution to the problem

resolution

300

Tells the reader what the section is about.

Heading

300

A huge exaggeration

hyperbole

400

How did ______ cause_____ to happen?

Cause and Effect

400

Pattern of rhyme in a poem

rhyme scheme

400

What the character should learn from his/her experiences in the story.

Moral, theme

400

Shows information in a visual way to help the reader visualize what the author is describing in the selection.

Graph

400

Told from the point of view of one of the characters, using "I", "we".

First person point of view

500

What is the central idea, moral or lesson that Tracy should have learned?

Theme

500

Type of poetry that does not contain patterns or rhymes

Free verse

500

Conversation between two people.

Dialogue

500

A chart of information that is presented in a visual way, usually to compare two things.

Table

500

Includes, characters, dialogue, stage directions.

Drama