Test Prep Reading Vocabulary

a history of a person's life

the stated or implied purpose the author wrote the text

language not meant to be taken literally, like similes and idioms

telling the meaning, using different words

prefixes and suffixes

people in a story or play

the perspective from which a story is told

the lines spoken between characters in fiction or a play

combine clues to make a decision

the time and place a story happens

a resource used to find synonyms and antonyms

a believable source

comparison of two things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as"

a history of a person's life, written by that person

stories that explain a belief or a natural happening

clues in the test that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

clues in a text that suggest what is to come

what a text is mostly about, the overall message of the book

written text for a play or movie

repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words next to or close to each other

basic sequence of events in a story having main parts of rising action, climax, falling action

a detail that describes something seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched

comparison using the words "like" or "as"

statements that help a reader better understand the main idea

an internal or external problem that brings action important to the plot

a text structure organized by the order in which events occur

type of story based on actual people, places, and things

to combine parts into a coherent whole

a book or electronic resource that lists words in alphabetical order and gives their meanings

informational text that explains steps in a procedure

a personal belief or feeling

a text structure organized by noting similarities and differences 

words that sounds like what they mean, such as gobble, honk, and crisp

logical guesses made by drawing conclusions, making generalizations, and predicting

when an author gives similarities and differences to support his or her viewpoint

alphabetical list of important words IN A TEXT and their meanings

words that have more than one meaning, such as rock and train

a truth that is verifiable

things in a text such as titles, subtitles, captions, key words, bold print, headings, pictures

a text structure organized in a sequence that makes sense and used when building an argument

use of language to create mental images and sensory appeal

the moral of a story

a text structure organized by using an event (the cause) and the results of the event (effects)

details or facts IN the text that supports an inference

to give the main ideas from the beginning, middle, and end of a story