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4th OAA Reading
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Point of view where the character in the story is telling the story: uses "I" | 1st Person |
| A narrator or a person NOT in the story is telling the story: uses "he, she, it, they etc" | 3rd Person |
| the name for various categories of reading | genre |
| a made up story, a story that is not true | fiction |
| a true story, not made-up | non-fiction |
| a story of a person's life | Biography |
| made up of prose and sometimes rhymes | Poetry |
| this type of writing gives factual information to inform | Informational |
| a story with animals as the main characters: teaches a lesson | Fable |
| The reason why an author writes | Author's Purpose |
| What are the four reasons why an author writes; | to persuade, to inform, to entertain, and to give instructions |
| Words found in a text that hel you figure our the meaning of an unknown word | Context Clues |
| A statement that can be proven | fact |
| a statement that contains information that cannot be proven | opinion |
| the event that makes something happen | Cause |
| The thing that happens as a result of a certain Cause | effect |
| tells how two things are alike | compare |
| tells how two things are different | contrast |
| to make an educated guess about what is going on in a sort based upon what you read | Infer |
| what the story is mostly about | main idea |
| This tells more about and supports the main idea | detail |
| a short sentence that tells what the story is about. It usually tarts with "this story is about..." | Summary |
| where an when a story takes place | setting |
| the main events that happen in a story | plot |
| the problem in the story | conflict |
| Where the problem in the story is solved | resolution |
| the lesson learned from the story | theme |
| the feeling the story creates | mood |
| two words that mean the same thing | synonym |
| two words that have opposite meanings | antonym |