Term 1
Thinking about how you learn best is called __________________.
Metacognition
A conclusion you figure out using clues from the text and what you already know is an __________________.
Inference
To show how two things are alike is to __________________ them.
Compare
A small piece of information that helps explain something is a __________________.
Detail
The voice speaking in a poem is the __________________.
Speaker
Good readers use ____ when they think about what strategies help them understand a text.
Everyone’s ___ of the story may be slightly different.
perception
When you stop and jot while reading, you are using __________________.
annotations
A way of understanding or seeing something is called __________________.
Perception
To make something easier to understand is to __________________.
Clarify
To close examination of something is to __________________.
Evaluate
What a text or passage is mostly about is the __________________.
Topic
You should ___ the two articles to see how they are alike.
compare
The author used strong ___ to help the reader picture the scene.
imagery
Facts and details that prove something is true are called __________________.
Evidence
When events happen one after another in order, they are __________________.
Consecutive
To show how two things are different is to __________________ them.
Contrast
To convince someone to believe or do something is to __________________.
The person who tells the story is the __________________.
Narrator
His ___ needs more evidence to be convincing.
The writer used ___ to connect ideas smoothly.
transitions
The author’s attitude toward a topic is known as the __________________.
tone
When an author suggests something without saying it directly, it is __________________.
Implicit
Very large in size or amount is described as __________________.
Immense
To give facts or information is to __________________.
Inform
Using vivid details to help the reader imagine is called __________________.
Descriptive or Imagery
The teacher asked us to ___ our answers by adding more detail.
clarify
You should ___ the character’s actions by following what they do step by step from the beginning of the story to the end.
trace
When you think deeply about what you learned or experienced, it is called __________________.
Reflection
A way or method used to do something is called a __________________.
Technique
A statement that something is true and needs evidence is a __________________.
Claim
To grow or develop something over time is to __________________.
Cultivate
The main point or message of a text is the __________________.
Central Idea
The changes in the character happened in a ___ way over time.
gradual
The writer paid close attention to every ___ in the description.
detail
An early version of writing before it is finished is called a __________________.
An important moment in a story that affects what happens next is called a __________________.
Key event
To give credit to a source by telling where information came from is to __________________.
Cite
When something is clear and easy to understand it has __________________.
Clarity
A comparison that says one thing is another is a __________________.
Metaphor
Be sure to ___ your sources when using information from a text.
cite
The teacher asked us to show ___ for others’ opinions.
consideration
Something that happens again and again over time is described as __________________.
Recurring
When something helps or adds to an idea or outcome, it __________________ to it.
contributes
The reason something is done or created is its __________________.
Purpose
To amuse or interest an audience is to __________________.
Entertain
Giving human qualities to non-human things is called __________________.
Personification
The author’s ___ is to inform readers about the topic.
purpose
The author used different ___ to explain the topic clearly.
approaches, techniques or methods
The perspective or position a story is told from is the __________________.
The part of a story where the problem is solved is the __________________.
Resolution
Ideas about what is right and wrong are called __________________.
Ethics
The way a text is organized or put together is its __________________.
Structure of a Text
The sequence of events in a story is called the __________________.
Plot
It is important to ___ between fact and opinion.
distinguish
The ___ can help readers understand the main idea.
structure of a text