Definitions
What word means "proof from the story"?
A) Claim
B) Evidence
C) Compare
D) Opinion
B) Evidence
"I think school lunch should be free." This is an example of what?
A) Claim
B) Evidence
C) Compare
D) Infer
A) Claim
What word helps you explain that something is true?
A) Claim
B) Support
C) Argument
D) Evidence
A) Claim
If you write a letter asking for longer recess, you are making a...
A) Opinion
B) Argument
C) Claim
D) Summary
C) Claim
If an author writes a funny story to entertain you, what is that called?
A) Point of View
B) Author’s Purpose
C) Argument
D) Evidence
B) Author’s Purpose
What word means "telling how two things are the same"?
A) Contrast
B) Summarize
C) Compare
D) Conclude
C) Compare
"I found three reasons why dogs are better than cats." This is using what?
A) Analyze
B) Support
C) Conclude
D) Contrast
B) Support
If the author wrote a story to make you laugh, what was their purpose?
A) To entertain
B) To inform
C) To compare
D) To argue
A) To entertain
When you explain why you love your favorite food, you are sharing your...
A) Point of View
B) Analyze
C) Author’s Purpose
D) Opinion
D) Opinion
If the narrator says "I went to the park," what point of view is it?
A) Third person
B) First person
C) Second person
D) Fourth person
B) First person
What word means "looking carefully to understand"?
A) Analyze
B) Describe
C) Identify
D) Support
A) Analyze
"The story is told by 'I' and 'me.'" What is this?
A) Point of View
B) Author’s Purpose
C) Compare
D) Infer
A) Point of View
If you explain how two characters are different, what are you doing?
A) Compare
B) Conclude
C) Contrast
D) Identify
C) Contrast
Finding reasons to prove your friend is wrong is called using...
A) Support
B) Claim
C) Describe
D) Contrast
A) Support
When the author explains what a place looks like, they are trying to...
A) Summarize it
B) Support it
C) Describe it
D) Conclude it
C) Describe it
What word means "to find or show something"?
A) Conclude
B) Identify
C) Claim
D) Infer
B) Identify
"The main idea of the paragraph is..." What word describes this?
A) Describe
B) Identify
C) Summary
D) Argument
C) Summary
What word would you use to describe what you see at the park?
A) Infer
B) Describe
C) Support
D) Compare
B) Describe
When you tell how two different movies are alike, you are...
A) Contrasting
B) Summarizing
C) Comparing
D) Inferring
C) Comparing
When the author gives facts to prove an idea, what are they providing?
A) Evidence
B) Opinion
C) Summary
D) Point of View
A) Evidence
What word means "making a decision based on clues"?
A) Infer
B) Analyze
C) Conclude
D) Support
C) Conclude
"I guess the character is sad because he is crying." What skill is this?
A) Support
B) Identify
C) Infer
D) Compare
C) Infer
When you put together clues to figure something out, what skill is that?
A) Identify
B) Analyze
C) Summary
D) Infer
D) Infer
When you guess what will happen next in a story, you are...
A) Identifying
B) Supporting
C) Contrasting
D) Inferring
D) Inferring
When the author gives both sides of a story and lets you decide, they are showing...
A) Their claim
B) Their opinion
C) Compare and Contrast
D) Their purpose
C) Compare and Contrast