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Q2 RLA Review
Fourth Grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inferences | Readers use the clues in the text along with their background knowledge (schema) to understand the text deeper. |
| Main Idea & Details | Readers determine what a text is mostly about and can support that idea with details from the text. |
| Plot Structure | Readers determine the important events and parts of a story in the order they occurred. |
| Predictions | Readers use what they know and have read to think about what is going to happen next. |
| Point of View | Readers determine from which perspective the author chose to write the text. |
| Sequence | Readers determine the correct order of the steps and events that took place in the text. |
| Story Elements | Readers read to identify the characters, setting, problem, and solution in a story. |
| Text Features | Readers use the various elements in a nonfiction text to help them learn new information and understand it better. |
| Theme | Readers determine the message, or lesson, that the author wanted them to take away from the story. |
| Visualizing | Readers picture what is happening while they are reading. |
| Context Clues | Readers use their knowledge and text clues to figure out the meaning of unknown vocabulary. |
| Summarizing | Readers identify the most important ideas of what they read and restate them in their own words. |
| Folktale | a story that comes from a specific country or culture |
| Myth | a story that tries to explain why something is the way it is |
| Tall Tale | a story that stretches the truth |
| Legend | an exaggerated story based on the life of a real person |
| Fable | a story that teaches a moral or lesson through animals that act and speak like humans |
| Realistic Fiction | a story that uses made-up characters and events that could happen in real life |
| Genres | The types of text we read. They mainly fall into two categories which are fiction & nonfiction. |
| Fiction | made-up stories that are not true or real |
| Realistic Fiction | a story that uses made-up characters and events that could happen in real life |
| Nonfiction | text that consists of true facts and information |
| Informational | a text that provides real facts about a variety of topics like animals, history, sports, careers, geography, space, weather, countries, activities, etc. |
| Biography | the story of a real person’s life that is written by another person |
| Autobiography | the story of a real person’s life that is written by that person |
| Drama | a story meant to be acted out in front of an audience (a play) |
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