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5th Reading SOLs
1st and 2nd 9 week 5th reading SOLs
Question | Answer |
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homophone | two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
synonym | two words that mean the same thing |
antonym | two words that mean the opposite thing |
main idea | what a passage is mostly about |
supporting details | ideas that relate back to the main idea |
opinion | cannot be proven and is not true for everyone |
fact | is true and can be proven |
cause | the reason WHY something happens |
effect | the event that happens |
compare | identifying what is the SAME about two things |
contrast | identifying what is DIFFERENT about two things |
adjective | a word that describes a person, place or thing |
adverb | a word that describes how, when or why about a VERB |
contractions | two words squished together (example: CAN'T) |
inference | putting together what is read with what is in my brain to make a conclusion |
character | the person or animal in a story |
plot | what happens in a story |
problem | the conflict in a story |
resolution | how a conflict is solved |
prediction | an educated guess about what is going to happen |
noun | a person place or thing |
fiction | a type of text that is not true that is meant to entertain |
nonfiction | a type of text that give facts and is true |
autobiography | a nonfiction book that is written by the author about the author |
biography | a nonfiction book that is written by the author about someone else |
glossary | like a mini dictionary of important words in a nonfiction text |
map | shows where in the world something is |
photograph | shows exactly what something looks like |
caption | explains what is in a photograph or an illustration |
label | gives information about a specific part of a photograph or picture |
table of contents | lists chapter names and page numbers |
index | alphabetically lists important concepts in a nonficiton text AND gives a page number where each can be found |