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Reading Vocabulary
tone and dialogue
Testing Vocabulary
Text Features
Genres
100
To draw a logical conclusion based on the details in the story
What is inference (inferencing)
100
What type of tone does the author create in the following sentences: The day was dark and dreary as Jacob sulked into the busy street.
What is negative, sad, dark...etc.
100
What does it mean when a question asks you to describe?
What is tell specific details to support your answer
100
Why might a word be written in bold print?
What is it is an important word and/or is in the glossary
100
A text that has events that are factual and that actually happened or tells you information about a topic is called...
What is nonfiction
200
to briefly retell a story by listing the major ideas
What is summarizing
200
What is dialogue in a story?
What is the talking between characters
200
What does it mean when a question asks you to identify?
What is recognize or point out
200
How can the glossary help a reader?
What is it defines words that are found in the text
200
A story that has made up ideas or are developed based on imagination are called...
What is fiction
300
What is the setting of the story
What is the time and place in which the story takes place.
300
What tone does the author create in the following sentence: John went running from the basketball court, with his hands in the air. It seemed that the sun was shining just for him that day!
What is positive, happy, winning, etc.
300
What does it mean to infer or make an inference?
What is to take an educated guess based on the surrounding events in the story.
300
How can the table of contents help the reader?
What is it can help the reader find where certain chapters or sections are within the text
300
A tale or legend, often based in a specific culture, passed down from generation to generation, meant to teach a lesson
What is folktale
400
A comparison between unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
400
Dialogue can help us to understand what?
(answers may vary)
400
When a question asks you to compare and contrast, what should you do?
What is tell how things in the story are alike and how they are different.
400
How can a diagram help a reader
What is it shows a picture and labels of what is being discussed in the text
400
An exaggerated, unrealistic story that often talks about humans or animals performing incredible feats
What is a tall tale
500
An educated guess about what is going to happen next in the story based on the details available is called a.....
What is prediction
500
What tone is does the author use in the following sentences: "Ol' uncle Jed finally got his barbershop. He opened it on his seventy-ninth birthday. It had everything, just like he said it would- big comfortable chairs, four cutting stations. You name it! The floors were so clean they sparkled!"
What is positive, hopeful, excited...etc...
500
When a question asks you to summarize, what should you do?
What is briefly retell the main points of the story.
500
How can a heading help a reader?
What is it helps you identify what that section of the text is all about.
500
a fiction story that is based on historical events, but where some of the characters and events are imagined or made up.
What is historical fiction