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Reading Comprehension Skills 7th Grade
Reading Comprehension Skills 7th Grade
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What is a simile?
a comparison of two things where one is said to be the other
same
words that imitate sounds
a comparison between two things using like or as
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What is conflict?
problem
how you hear it
logical conclusion
giving animals or objects human characteristics
3
What is a hyperbole?
how the story makes you feel
extreme exaggeration
giving animals or objects human characteristics
the storyteller of the story
4
What is a metaphor?
a comparison between two things using like or as
a comparison of two things where one is said to be the other
extreme exaggeration
same
5
What is flashback?
past
problem
how the story makes you feel
extreme exaggeration
6
What is resolution?
the order in which events happen
solution
problem
everything that happens in a story
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What is mood?
how the story makes you feel
message
how you hear it
problem
8
What is connotation?
extreme exaggeration
the order in which events happen
words that have special feelings or images attached
how the story makes you feel
9
What is cause?
logical conclusion
what happens
problem
what makes something happen
10
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
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What are multiple-meaning words?
words that imitate sounds
words that have special feelings or images attached
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words with more than one meaning
12
What are character traits?
everything about a character
the storyteller of the story
what makes something happen
how the story makes you feel
13
What is figurative language?
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words that have special feelings or images attached
most important details in a book or story
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
14
What is denotation?
dictionary definition
everything about a character
words that have special feelings or images attached
how the story makes you feel
15
What is an idiom?
words that imitate sounds
something that represents something else
a well-known figure of speech
giving animals or objects human characteristics
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What is effect?
what happens
solution
what makes something happen
problem
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What is author's perspective?
why an author writes
how the story makes you feel
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
how you hear it
18
What is sequential or chronological order?
everything that happens in a story
most important details in a book or story
the order in which events happen
what makes something happen
19
What is an antonym?
opposite or different
solution
a well-known figure of speech
words that imitate sounds
20
What is an inference?
everything about a character
logical conclusion
everything that happens in a story
how you hear it
21
What is symbolism?
something that represents something else
giving animals or objects human characteristics
extreme exaggeration
everything about a character
22
What is personification?
proven statement
giving animals or objects human characteristics
words that imitate sounds
a well-known figure of speech
23
What is a fact?
time and place
proven statement
opposite or different
what happens
24
What are onomatopoeia words?
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words that have special feelings or images attached
words that imitate sounds
words with more than one meaning
25
What is synonym?
extreme exaggeration
a comparison between two things using like or as
something that represents something else
same
26
What is an opinion?
how the story makes you feel
what someone thinks or feels
words that have special feelings or images attached
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
27
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
28
What is a narrator?
problem
why an author writes
the storyteller of the story
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
29
What is setting?
solution
message
time and place
problem
30
What is main idea?
the most important idea of the topic
everything that happens in a story
most important details in a book or story
extreme exaggeration
31
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
32
What is plot?
most important details in a book or story
everything about a character
how you hear it
everything that happens in a story
33
What is summary?
everything that happens in a story
the order in which events happen
most important details in a book or story
the most important idea of the topic
34
What is foreshadowing?
what makes something happen
future
past
solution
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What is theme?
message
what happens
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
time and place
