An affix at the front of a root word that changes its meaning.
What is a prefix?
100
A conclusion applied to a certain case that is not always correct.
What is a generalization?
100
When events are described in the order they occurred.
What is chronological order?
100
Words or phrases that have meanings different from their LITERAL meaning.
What is figurative language?
100
A true statement that can be PROVEN.
What is a fact?
200
The main part of a word that provides the word's basic meaning.
What is a root word?
200
What I know + New information =
What is inferencing?
200
A short description of a passage that focuses on the passage's main ideas and details.
What is a summary?
200
When something in a story represents something else, usually a bigger idea or point.
What is a symbol?
200
Words that mean the opposite.
What is an antonym?
300
An affix at the end of the word that changes its meaning.
What is a suffix?
300
A comparison that evaluates the relationship between 2 SETS of words.
What is an analogy?
300
The subject or idea in the story that is the MOST IMPORTANT. (Table top!)
What is the main idea?
300
A comparison of 2 unrelated things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
300
An interruption in the plot to describe something that happened in the PAST.
What is a flashback?
400
Suffix or prefix attached to a root word that changes its meaning.
What is an affix?
400
Finding SIMILARITIES between 2 passages.
What is compare?
400
A re-statement of the author's ideas in YOUR OWN WORDS. (Avoids plagiarism!)
What is paraphrasing?
400
Figurative language that makes a comparison without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
400
The feeling the READER gets from the text?
What is mood?
500
The meaning of a word based on the words around it in a passage.
What is connotation?
500
Linking ideas in 2 texts thinking about their SIMILARITIES and their DIFFERENCES.
What is connect?
500
A way to organize information that puts the most important information first and then goes to least important, OR starts with the least important information and goes to the most important.
What is order of importance?
500
An idea or question that is explored by the author in the text.
What is theme?
500
The attitude or feeling of the story as portrayed by the AUTHOR.