Vocabulary
What does Context Clues mean?
Using surrounding words to figure out meaning
What is the main idea?
What the text is mostly about
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, or idea?
What is a simile?
Comparison using “like” or “as”
What is a paragraph?
A group of sentences about one idea
Synonym for rapid
Fast
What is a supporting detail?
A fact that helps explain the main idea
What is a verb?
Action or state of being
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two things by calling one another. A direct comparison
What is a topic sentence?
A sentence that tells the main idea
Antonym for generous
Selfish
What does it mean to summarize?
To briefly tell the important parts
Fix this sentence: “She dont like pizza.”
She doesn’t like pizza
What is personification?
Giving human traits to non-human things
What is cause and effect?
One thing that makes another happen
What does infer mean?
To make an educated guess using evidence
What is the theme?
The lesson or message of a story
What is a compound sentence?
Two sentences joined by a conjunction
What is alliteration?
Repetition of beginning sounds
What is compare and contrast?
Telling how things are alike and different
What is a prefix?
Difference between fact and opinion?
Fact= proven true, Opinion= belief
What is a pronoun?
A word that replaces a noun
Identify this figurative language: The sirens were so loud that they made my ears bleed.
Hyperbole
What is a conclusion?
The ending that wraps up the writing.