Reading
the central message or lesson that the author wants you to understand
theme
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase
synonym
Which of these words is spelled correctly:
a) chuse
b) chooze
c) choose
c) choose
a person, place, or thing
noun
a story that is made up; it describes imaginary events and people
fiction
retell the most important details in a text using your own words
summarize
hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word
context clues
Which one of these words has a prefix:
a) usually
b) unblock
c) understand
b) unblock
an action word that tells what the subject does
verb
a text that usually teaches a lesson and often uses animals characters to represent human qualities
folktale
the most important point that the author makes about a topic
main idea
comparing two things using the words like or as
simile
Which of these words is a compound word:
a) bedroom
b) rewash
c) perfect
a) mailbox
a word that takes place of one or more nouns
for example: I, he, she, it, you, they
pronoun
tells a true story about an event
nonfiction
how the narrator thinks or feels about a topic
point of view
words that sound alike but have different spelling
homophone
Which one of these words has a vowel team:
a) increase
b) spelling
c) splash
a) increase
a word that describes a noun
adjective
gives facts and information about a topic, includes text features such as pictures and graphs
expository text
___________ is an action that makes something happen and ____________ is what happens as a result of the action.
cause and effect
The Latin root pre- in the word prehistoric means:
a) hyper
b) before
c) small
b) before
Which one of these words is a homograph:
a) flat
b) wind
c) weigh
b) wind
a word that describes a verb
adverb
story of a real person's life
biography