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Vocabulary
Informational Text
Fiction
Comprehension
Words that Sing
100
The words that come before of after an unfamiliar word to help figure out the meaning.
What are context clues?
100
The opposite of an opinion
What is a fact?
100
What is the author's purpose in writing Goosebumps stories?
What is to entertain?
100
A summary includes this plus the details.
What is the main idea?
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
Two words that are spelled the same, but they are not pronounced the same.
What is a homograph?
200
A shorter way to write the main idea and most important details.
What is a summary?
200
The overall messsage of a story or life lesson learned?
What is the theme?
200
An educated guess as to what might happen next in the story
What is a prediction?
200
"Hold your horses!" is an example of this
What is an idiom?
300
Two word parts used to change the meaning of words.
What are the prefix and suffix?
300
It comes before the effect
What is the cause?
300
It's where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
Use these TWO graphic organizers to help compare and contrast topics, events or people
What is a Venn Diagram and T-chart?
300
Personification, metaphors, and similies are examples of this type of writing that helps the reader make pictures in the mind.
What is figurative language?
400
by, bye, buy & their, there, they're
What are examples of homophones?
400
These are used to separate, or set off, parts of a text. They can help you locate information quickly on a page.
What are headings or subheadings?
400
The different types of literature, including drama, chapter books, fiction, and poetry.
What is the genre?
400
It's the feeling created by an author by chosing words that appeal to the senses
What is the mood?
400
The type of figurative language used when the truth is "exaggerared"
What is HYPERBOLE?
500
A word that has the opposite meaning. Give an example.
What is an antonym?
500
The author's purpose for writing a news article about the 5th grade basketball team's great season.
What is to inform?
500
Identifying the speaker in third or first person.
What is point of view?
500
Using clues from the text to find out what is NOT directly stated
What is inferencing?
500
The "The cat's tongue is sandpaper"
What is a metaphor?