Context Clues
Statements that give a word's meaning
Definition
Provide clues that tell what the text is about
Details
Explains events or steps in the order in which they happened
Chronological/Sequence
A comparison of objects or ideas using the word like or as
Ex: Her smile was like the sun rising.
Simile
A type of text that provides information about something
Informational text
Words that have a similar meaning
Synonym
a paragraph or longer you tell about the main idea and key supporting details
Summary
Shows how two people, places, events or things are alike and different
Comparison
A comparison that claims one thing is another
Ex: Her smile is a sunrise.
Metaphor
A text that provides details about actions, settings or events that help readers understand what is happening in the story
Literary text
Words that have an opposite meaning
Antonym
Most important thought in a paragraph or longer text that the writer wants you to remember later; it is supported by details
Main idea
Explains why something happens and then what happens as a result
Cause & effect
Giving human characteristics to animals or objects
Ex: The sunflowers waved hello.
Personification
An explanation of thinking why evidence is important to their key points
Reasoning
Root words, suffixes, or prefixes that help identify a word's meaning
Word parts
The life lessons or moral that the writer wants readers to understand. There might be more than one.
Theme
Provides details about a topic by answering who, what, when, why, and how
Description
An exaggeration, given of effect, that is so dramatic people will know it is not true.
Ex: I was so embarrassed I just died
Hyperbole
Tool authors use to support key points in an informational text and shows how the authors show what they know
Evidence
Clues before, after, or within the sentence
Inference
Who is telling or narrating a story
Point of View
Presents and explains an issue and then explains how to solve it.
Problem & Solution
A common expression where the meaning does not clearly relate to the literal meaning.
Ex: It's raining cats and dogs
Idiom
The use of a word to imitate a sound
Ex: The horse's hooves clop-clopped on the street
Onomatopoeia