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Reading Benchmark 2
Reading Vocabulary Benchmark 2
Question | Answer |
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Inference | An educated guess about what will happen next using evidence from the text. |
Firsthand Account | A description of an experience or event that is told by someone who participated in the event described. |
Secondhand Account | A description of an experience or event that is told by someone who did not directly participate in the events. |
Primary Source | Information from a firsthand account; original documents ( diary/journal, photographs, autobiography, letter, and speeches). |
Secondary Source | Information from a secondhand account; NOT original (biography, dictionary, textbooks, encyclopedia, atlas). |
Graphic Features | Pictures that give you information about the text. |
Main Idea | The central idea in a piece of writing. |
Supporting Details | Statements that support the main idea or theme. |
Expository (Informational) Text | A non-fiction text that provides information about a topic. |
Structure | How a piece of text is built/written. |
Chronology | A record of events in the order that they occured. |
Comparison | When an author explains how two things are alike and different. |
Cause | The reason why something happens. |
Effect | The result of something happening. |
Conflict | The problem in the story. |
Resolution | How the problem is solved. |