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Reading Comprehension Skills 7th Grade
Reading Comprehension Skills 7th Grade
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What is figurative language?
words around a word that tell you what the word means
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
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What is personification?
giving animals or objects human characteristics
words that imitate sounds
proven statement
a well-known figure of speech
3
What is setting?
problem
solution
time and place
message
4
What is foreshadowing?
solution
what makes something happen
past
future
5
What is resolution?
everything that happens in a story
the order in which events happen
problem
solution
6
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
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What is symbolism?
everything about a character
something that represents something else
extreme exaggeration
giving animals or objects human characteristics
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What is a metaphor?
a comparison of two things where one is said to be the other
a comparison between two things using like or as
extreme exaggeration
same
9
What is an opinion?
how the story makes you feel
what someone thinks or feels
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
words that have special feelings or images attached
10
What is an idiom?
words that imitate sounds
something that represents something else
a phrase that says one thing but means another
giving animals or objects human characteristics
11
What is denotation?
everything about a character
words that have special feelings or images attached
how the story makes you feel
dictionary definition
12
What is sequential or chronological order?
what makes something happen
most important details in a book or story
the order in which events happen
everything that happens in a story
13
What is plot?
everything about a character
everything that happens in a story
how you hear it
most important details in a book or story
14
What is mood?
problem
how you hear it
how the story makes you feel
message
15
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
16
What is effect?
problem
solution
what makes something happen
what happens
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What are multiple-meaning words?
words with more than one meaning
words that have special feelings or images attached
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words that imitate sounds
18
What is a fact?
what happens
opposite or different
proven statement
time and place
19
What is conflict?
how you hear it
problem
giving animals or objects human characteristics
logical conclusion
20
What is author's purpose?
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
why an author writes
how the story makes you feel
everything that happens in a story
21
What is theme?
what happens
time and place
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
message
22
What is an antonym?
words that imitate sounds
opposite or different
a well-known figure of speech
solution
23
What is an inference?
logical conclusion
everything that happens in a story
everything about a character
how you hear it
24
What is flashback?
extreme exaggeration
problem
past
how the story makes you feel
25
What is summary?
everything that happens in a story
the order in which events happen
the most important idea of the topic
the main points in a book or story
26
What is synonym?
something that represents something else
a comparison between two things using like or as
same
extreme exaggeration
27
What is author's perspective?
how the story makes you feel
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
how you hear it
why an author writes
28
What is cause?
logical conclusion
what happens
what makes something happen
problem
29
What is connotation?
the order in which events happen
extreme exaggeration
how the story makes you feel
words that have special feelings or images attached
30
What are context clues?
how the story makes you feel
something that represents something else
words that imitate sounds
words around a word that tell you what the word means
31
What is a simile?
a comparison of two things where one is said to be the other
a comparison between two things using like or as
words that imitate sounds
same
32
What are character traits?
everything about a character
how the story makes you feel
the storyteller of the story
what makes something happen
33
What is tone?
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
what makes something happen
how the story makes you feel
how you hear it
34
What is a narrator?
problem
why an author writes
the storyteller of the story
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
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What is a hyperbole?
the storyteller of the story
extreme exaggeration
how the story makes you feel
giving animals or objects human characteristics
