Reading Exam Review

Category of literary works; ie: poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.

Exaggerated statement not to be taken literally.

Beginning, middle, end; restating the main idea an supporting details.

The series of events that form a literary work.

How the character develops from the beginning of the story to the end.

The angle in which the author views things.

An educated guess made from gathering clues in a story.

The way a reader feels after reading a literary work.

An expression that has a different meaning than what the words say.

Personal belief/thought held by someone.

An occurrence that is the reverse of what is expected.

All knowing; narrator knows thoughts/feelings of all characters.

Uses words such as I, me, my etc. to narrate a story.

A text that gives the reader facts about a topic.

Talking; the conversation between characters in literature.

A description of qualities the character has.

Forward in time; a hint that something will happen in the future.

Uses he, she, them etc; story is told by an outside narrator.

Time order; events in the order in which they happened.

When one thing represents something else.

The way text in a literary work is organized; also known as text structure.

To examine the differences between two or more things.

Turning point; most exciting part of a story.

Introduction to the setting, characters and problem in the story.

A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as" is called a metaphor.

To compare is to examine similarities between two or more things.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words; ie: so softly sings the sparrow.

The result of an action.

Part of the story where the problem is being solved.

Instruction in the text of a play that tells actors what to do and gives info on stage effects.

An account of a person's life written by that person.

Lesson/message of a story.

Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

A written argument that tries to convince you to believe or do something.

A text with steps on how to complete a task.

Another word for problem.

The ending of a story when the problem has been solved.

A word formed by imitating a sound; for example, “buzz.”

Author's purpose that tries to get the reader to agree with the author's opinion.

Why the author wrote the text.

Villain; character that causes conflict.

Context clues are hints that help you get the definition of an unfamiliar word.

The reason something happens.

The arrangement of steps in a particular order is called sequential order.

Author's purpose to tell stories.

Author's Purpose which evaluates things through detail and description.

Sensory language; language that appeals to the 5 senses.

The writer's attitude towards a subject.

3rd person limited point of view is when the narrator is all knowing.

The narrator tells a story using the word you.

What the story is about; most important idea.

An account of someone's life written by another person.

Studying/evaluating the character in a story.

Interruption in a story which takes the reader back in time.

Author's purpose which shows the reader real and factual subjects.