End of year Reading Review

the true story of a real person's life written by another person (3rd person point of view)

a word part placed AFTER the root word that changes the meaning of the word

an idea based on clues from the text (clues from the text + background knowledge

poetry that deals with amusing happenings (ha ha ha!)

a word part placed BEFORE the root word that changes the meaning of the word (dis-, un-, pre-)

a word that has more than one meaning (ex: trunk, bat)

Which one is NOT a possible PURPOSE that an author might have for writing a selection?

A genre of text that is written to give the reader facts and information.

short poems expressing personal feelings; may be set to music; regular meter

reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea.

a word with a SIMILAR / SAME meaning as another word

the result of an event (the second event); it happens because of the cause

A FICTIONAL STORY is written in _________ order. There is more than one logical answer.

Elements of a fictional story include...

This kind of text can include biographies, autobiographies, diaries, and letters.

support the main idea by telling how, when, what, where, why, how much and how many

an event (the 1st event); something that makes another event happen

A genre of text with the purpose to PERSUADE/CONVINCE the reader of something.

details found in text that support my inference (help you prove that your answer is correct)

brief sentences that communicate they key information in logical order, explaining S, W, B, S, T.

captions, italics, sub titles, table of contents, glossary, index, title, heading...

words that SOUND THE SAME, but are NOT spelled the same (ex: bear/bare, week/weak)

whether the narrator/speaker of a selection is 1st or 3rd person, the perspective

poetry composed of rhymed or unrhymed lines that have NO SET PATTERNS; causal/irregular rhythm

the life story of a person as told by himself/herself (1st person point of view)

Life is like a box of chocolates.

the central idea of a fictional text; what the author wants you to learn; the moral

what the text is mostly about

Cat got your tongue.

a word that means the OPPOSITE  of another word

photographs, diagrams, charts, tables, graphic organizers, illustrations, graphs...

the intended goal of a piece of writing; the reason it was written

in a poem multiple lines make up a ______________.

tells a story to entertain

A genre of text that is written with the purpose of explaining STEPS in a PROCEDURE. (recipe)

the basic sequence of events in a story, including problem and solution

the coolest, smartest, awesomest 3rd grader who is totally going to rock 4th grade next year is....

The purpose of texts such as NEWSPAPER ARTICLES and TEXTBOOKS is...