Duplicate of Reading Terms 5th Grade Indiana

Question 1

The events that happen in a story. The sequence of events.

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plot

Question 2

Tells the time and place of a story. Where and when the story takes place.

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setting

Question 3

When something is not stated directly in the text. The reader has to figure it out.

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inference

Question 4

A particular type or category of literature. The word that tells what kind of writing it is.

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genre

Question 5

A passage or segment taken from a longer work.

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excerpt

Question 6

Finding things that are the same and different between two stories, two characters, etc.

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compare and contrast

Question 7

A written composition, often using rhyme, rhythm, metaphor and other techniques.

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poem

Question 8

A novel, play, or movie dealing with a puzzling crime or anything that is kept a secret.

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mystery

Question 9

Like a paragraph, but in a poem. A section of a poem.

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stanza

Question 10

The people in a story (or sometimes animals)

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character

Question 11

A story that includes things that could NOT happen in real life.

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fantasy

Question 12

A story designed to be acted out loud by humans on a stage in front of an audience.

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play

Question 13

Like a paragraph, but in a poem. A section of a poem.

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stanza

Question 14

When something is not stated directly in the text. The reader has to figure it out.

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inference

Question 15

The moral message or lesson of a story.

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theme

Question 16

A person who narrates the events of a novel or poem. The person who tells the story.

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narrator

Question 17

Tells what a nonfiction story is mostly about. The key idea that the author wants to tell.

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main idea

Question 18

Presents a story that happens in the past. Some parts are made up. Also includes true facts.

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historical fiction

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