Reading Terms 5th Grade Indiana

Question 1

Tells what a nonfiction story is mostly about. The key idea that the author wants to tell.

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main idea

Question 2

Using descriptive language to create a picture in the mind of the reader.

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imagery

Question 3

Presents a story that happens in the past. Some parts are made up. Also includes true facts.

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historical fiction

Question 4

Finding things that are the same and different between two stories, two characters, etc.

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compare and contrast

Question 5

The moral message or lesson of a story.

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theme

Question 6

A novel, play, or movie dealing with a puzzling crime or anything that is kept a secret.

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mystery

Question 7

Using a word or object that stands for something other than its meaning. Red stands for love.

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symbolism

Question 8

A particular type or category of literature. The word that tells what kind of writing it is.

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genre

Question 9

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human. "My alarm clock yelled at me."

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personificiation

Question 10

A phrase that follows a noun and give more information about it. The puppy, a beagle, is mine.

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appositive

Question 11

A book containing a list of synonyms.

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thesaurus

Question 12

The events that happen in a story. The sequence of events.

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plot

Question 13

A passage or segment taken from a longer work.

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excerpt

Question 14

When something is not stated directly in the text. The reader has to figure it out.

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inference

Question 15

Like a paragraph, but in a poem. A section of a poem.

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stanza

Question 16

A genre in which everything that happens in the story could actually happen in real life.

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realistic fiction

Question 17

Compares two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as." Her horse is a thunderbolt.

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metaphor

Question 18

The people in a story (or sometimes animals)

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character

Question 19

A story designed to be acted out loud by humans on a stage in front of an audience.

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play

Question 20

A book or app that lists the words of a language in order and gives their meanings.

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dictionary

Question 21

Compare two unlike things using the words "like" or "as." Her horse ran like the wind.

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simile

Question 22

Tells the time and place of a story. Where and when the story takes place.

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setting

Question 23

A story that includes things that could NOT happen in real life.

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fantasy

Question 24

Words that have the opposite meaning.

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antonym

Question 25

A genre that includes some parts that are based on scientific facts.

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science fiction

Question 26

Words that are spelled the same, but have a different meaning and pronunciation: bow/bow

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homograph

Question 27

A comparison between two things to make the meaning more clear. hot:cold::hard:________

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analogy

Question 28

Extreme exaggeration. For example, "That hot dog is as big as Maine!"

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hyperbole

Question 29

A written composition, often using rhyme, rhythm, metaphor and other techniques.

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poem

Question 30

A part of speech that indicates the relationship of one word to another: at, by, for, from, in.

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preposition

Question 31

A literary style in which the narrator is not directly part of the story. "He threw the ball."

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third person

Question 32

A figure of speech that makes reference to a place, person, event, or story.

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allusion

Question 33

Words that have the same or similar meanings

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synonym

Question 34

A way of saying something that doesn't make sense from the words: It was raining cats and dogs.

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idiom

Question 35

A short saying that is widely used to express an obvious truth. Practice makes perfect.

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proverb

Question 36

A literary style where the narrator talks directly. "I have played soccer all my life."

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first person

Question 37

A person who narrates the events of a novel or poem. The person who tells the story.

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narrator

Reading Terms 5th Grade Indiana

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Reading Terms 5th Grade Indiana

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