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Reading Benchmark 3
Reading Vocabulary Benchmark 3
Question | Answer |
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Evidence | Anything used to prove something true. |
Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told. |
First Person Point of View | The story is told from the narrator's point of view using "I". |
Third Person Limited Point of View | The story is told from an outside narrator using words like, "he," "she," or "it." Narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character. |
Third Person Omniscient Point of View | The story is told from an outside narrator using words like, "them," or "they." Narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters. |
Traditional Writing | Words and phrases that are timeless and can still be used today. (Fables, Myths, Legends) |
Modern Writing | Baed on or using the newest information, methods, and technology. (Magazines, Articles on the internet). |
Pattern of Events | Actions that are reoccurring and similar. |
Myth | A traditional story that explains a phenomenon and typically involves supernatural beings, events, or Gods/Goddesses. |
Culture | Characteristics of everyday life shared by people in a particular group, place, or time period. |
Theme | The message, lesson, or moral of a piece of literature (story, poem, drama). |
Context Clues | Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unknown word. |
Allusion | A figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event. |
Idiom | A common phrase or expression that can't be taken literally; it has a different meaning than what is being said. Example: It's raining cats and dogs, Hold your horses, or Break a leg! |
Proverb | A saying that offers advice or instruction on how to life your life. Example: Treat others how you want to be treated. |
Topic | The general subject of the story. Example: plants, school, sports, animals, family, recess, food, happiness, fear, love, art, and books. |