General Reading Terms Review

narrator is a character - tells story using "I"

briefly restating main idea and supporting details

a type of literature

when someone writes their life story

how 2 or more things are different

how two or more things are alike

clues that support inferences and conclusions

words that mean the same thing

the purpose of a textbook would be to

an article convincing you to go to California for vacation would be to

"Darren has always been scared of spiders." is written in

words that mean the opposite

the reason an author writes a story

an article about all the attractions is California would be to

outside narrator tells story using "He" and "She"

when someone writes a book about someone else's life

a statement that cannot be proven

details that back up a main idea

"I have always been fascinated by spiders" is written in

what a piece of writing is mostly about

words that help give meaning to unknown words

using details to figure out things not directly stated

a recipe would be written to

a guess as to what might happen next in the story

the purpose of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID is to

from which perspective the story is being told