5th Grade Reading FSA Terminology Review

Question 1

When the narrator or character in a story is telling the story

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First person

Question 2

Several lines grouped together in a poem

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Stanza

Question 3

Adjectives to describe a character

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Character traits

Question 4

The author presents events in the order in which they happened.

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Chronological/ Sequencing

Question 5

The words or phrases that help readers understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

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Context Clues

Question 6

The person who tells the story

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Narrator

Question 7

To show how objects, ideas, people, places, events, or passages are similar.

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Compare

Question 8

From which point of view is he, she , them, they?

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Third person

Question 9

How a narrator thinks or feels about events

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Point-of-view

Question 10

A list of the characters in a drama

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Cast of Characters

Question 11

A phrase or sentence that tells what a photograph or other graph is about.

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Caption

Question 12

The end of a piece of writing, the author restates their position and sums up the main point.

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Conclusion

Question 13

Repeats the same ending sound in different words.

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Rhyme

Question 14

What the text is mostly about is called what?

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Main Idea

Question 15

A pattern in a poem made by strong and weak syllables

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Meter

Question 16

A story that is performed on a stage by actors; a play

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Drama

Question 17

The reason an author writes a text, usually to inform, entertain, or persuade the reader.

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Authors Purpose

Question 18

Information that supports the main idea in a piece of writing

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Key detail

Question 19

The reason that something happens

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Cause

Question 20

A word or phrase that is opposite in meaning (against)

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Antonym

Question 21

This type of text structure describes a place, thing, or event by using examples.

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Description

Question 22

Words the characters or actors speak are called what?

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Dialogue

Question 23

Someone who heard or read of an event is which type of account?

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Second-hand account

Question 24

What briefly restates the text including the main idea and key details?

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Summary

Question 25

Where and when something takes place

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Setting

Question 26

A result of a cause

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Effect

Question 27

A regular pattern of sound in the whole poem

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Rhythm

Question 28

Used to describe a problem first and then its solution.

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Problem Solution

Question 29

The underlying message or lesson learned from the text is known as what?

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Theme

Question 30

A guess based on what you know and what you have read. Supported by details and examples.

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Inference

Question 31

A drawing with labels that shows the different parts of an objects or how something works

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Diagram

Question 32

Directions to a recipe is an example of which type of text structure?

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Sequence

Question 33

A word or phrase represented by another word. (Same)

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Synonym

Question 34

Account that was witnessed by someone who was there

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First-hand account

Question 35

To show how objects, ideas, people, places, events, or passages are different

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Contrast

5th Grade Reading FSA Terminology Review

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5th Grade Reading FSA Terminology Review

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