Vocabulary
What is an inference?
An educated guess based on what you know and what they story is telling us.
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using the words like or as.
Example- Cool as a cucumber.
A summary is a shortened version of a story told in your own words.
What is a synonym?
A synonym is a word with the same meaning.
What is text structure?
How a text is organized.
What is evidence?
Evidence is details from the text that supports the authors claim.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is comparing two things without using the words like or as.
Example- Her heart was gold.
What is an objective summary?
An objective summary is a summary using only the facts and details from the text.
What is an antonym?
An antonym is a word with the opposite meaning.
What is compare and contrast?
Compare and contrast is when you determine the similarities and differences between two ideas.
What is an argument?
When the author uses evidence to support their opinion/ claim in hopes to persuade their readers to agree with their claim.
What is a hyperbole?
A hyperbole is a dramatic statement.
Example- She had a million shoes in her closet.
What is a subjective summary?
A subjective summary includes the readers feelings and opinions.
What is a synonym for the word fast?
Quick
What is chronological order?
When the text is organized by date and time in order.
What is an information text?
An informational text is a text that gives the reader true and factual information about a topic.
What is personification?
Personification is when you give human like qualities to something that is not human.
Example- The stars danced in the sky.
When stating the events in a summary what order do put the events in?
Chronological order
What is an antonym for the word determined?
Lazy
Careless
What is cause and effect?
Cause and effect is when one effect alters or changes something else.
What is a summary and what is included?
A summary is a shartened version of a story in your own words. A summary includes the characters, setting and major evens in order.
What is alliteration?
Alliteration is the same cosonant sounds in the beginning of the words.
Example- Peter Piper Picked a Patch of Pickled Peppers.
False, objective summaries are only the facts and details explicitly stated in the text.
True or False: A synonym for the word intelligence is unintelligent.
False. Unintelligent is an antonym for intelligence because it has the opposite meaning.
What is problem and solution?
When the readers is presented with a problem and how that problem can be solved.