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Reading Comprehension Skills 7th Grade
Reading Comprehension Skills 7th Grade
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What is summary?
the most important idea of the topic
the order in which events happen
everything that happens in a story
the main points in a book or story
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What is synonym?
something that represents something else
extreme exaggeration
a comparison between two things using like or as
same
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What is a fact?
time and place
proven statement
opposite or different
what happens
4
What is a narrator?
problem
why an author writes
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
the storyteller of the story
5
What are character traits?
the storyteller of the story
how the story makes you feel
everything about a character
what makes something happen
6
What are context clues?
something that represents something else
words that imitate sounds
words around a word that tell you what the word means
how the story makes you feel
7
What is an idiom?
something that represents something else
words that imitate sounds
giving animals or objects human characteristics
a phrase that says one thing but means another
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What is tone?
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
what makes something happen
how you hear it
how the story makes you feel
9
What are onomatopoeia words?
words that imitate sounds
words that have special feelings or images attached
words with more than one meaning
words around a word that tell you what the word means
10
What is denotation?
words that have special feelings or images attached
dictionary definition
how the story makes you feel
everything about a character
11
What is theme?
what happens
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
time and place
message
12
What is author's perspective?
how the story makes you feel
why an author writes
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
how you hear it
13
What is sequential or chronological order?
what makes something happen
the order in which events happen
everything that happens in a story
most important details in a book or story
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What is main idea?
most important details in a book or story
extreme exaggeration
the most important idea of the topic
everything that happens in a story
15
What is connotation?
how the story makes you feel
words that have special feelings or images attached
the order in which events happen
extreme exaggeration
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What is an antonym?
a well-known figure of speech
solution
words that imitate sounds
opposite or different
17
What is cause?
logical conclusion
what happens
problem
what makes something happen
18
What is plot?
how you hear it
everything about a character
most important details in a book or story
everything that happens in a story
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What is figurative language?
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
words that have special feelings or images attached
most important details in a book or story
words around a word that tell you what the word means
20
What is personification?
proven statement
words that imitate sounds
giving animals or objects human characteristics
a well-known figure of speech
21
What is a hyperbole?
how the story makes you feel
giving animals or objects human characteristics
extreme exaggeration
the storyteller of the story
22
What is setting?
message
problem
solution
time and place
23
What is symbolism?
everything about a character
something that represents something else
extreme exaggeration
giving animals or objects human characteristics
24
What are multiple-meaning words?
words that imitate sounds
words with more than one meaning
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words that have special feelings or images attached
25
What is a simile?
a comparison between two things using like or as
a comparison of two things where one is said to be the other
words that imitate sounds
same
26
What is effect?
what makes something happen
problem
solution
what happens
27
What is a metaphor?
same
a comparison of two things where one is said to be the other
a comparison between two things using like or as
extreme exaggeration
28
What is mood?
how you hear it
problem
how the story makes you feel
message
29
What is an inference?
everything that happens in a story
how you hear it
everything about a character
logical conclusion
30
What is conflict?
problem
giving animals or objects human characteristics
how you hear it
logical conclusion
31
What is an opinion?
words that have special feelings or images attached
how the story makes you feel
what someone thinks or feels
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
32
What is resolution?
the order in which events happen
everything that happens in a story
solution
problem
33
What is author's purpose?
how the story makes you feel
why an author writes
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
everything that happens in a story
34
What is flashback?
how the story makes you feel
extreme exaggeration
problem
past
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What is foreshadowing?
solution
what makes something happen
future
past
