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Theme 1-6 ReadSkills
All reading skills for themes 1-6
Question | Answer |
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characters | The people or animals in a story. The main character is the person the story is mostly about. |
setting | the time and place in which a story occurs. The setting may change several times during the course of a story. |
conflict | the problem the main character faces |
plot | the series of story events, usually presented in time order. The plot events show what the main character does to resolve the conflict. |
resolution | the solution to the main character's problem. |
character's motives | the reasons the character acts as he or she does. A character's traits, thoughts, words, and actions are all clues to the character's motives. |
theme | the main message or moral of a story. Readers can figure out the theme by thinking about what the main character learns. |
context clues | clue words that surround an unknown word that help you understand the unknown word's meaning . |
sequence | events may be arranged in chronological, or time order. |
compare & contrast | To compare is to tell how things are alike. Words such as and, both, too, like, and similarly signal a comparison. To contrast is to tell how they are different. Words but, unlike, although, while, and nevertheless signal a contrast. |
cause & effect | A cause is the reason that something happens. An effect is what happens as a result. |
inferences | a connection that a reader makes between information the author gives and what the reader already knows. |
main idea | what a text is mostly about. |
details | Gives more information about the main idea. |
topic sentence | The main idea is often stated in a topic sentence. It may appear at the beginning, middle, or at the end of a text. |
author's purpose | The reason an author writes. Authors of nonfiction write to inform or persuade readers. Authors of fiction usually write to entertain readers. |
author's perspective | An author's opinion or viewpoint. |
imagery | A literary device that uses vivid language to describe people, places, things, and ideas. Imagery appeals to the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Examples:stray beams of light/sight didn't make a leaf rustle/sound |
Figurative Language | Authors use figurative to describe things in a colorful way. Figurative language may compare one thing to another or exaggerate details. Three kinds of figurative language are a simile, metaphor, and personification. |
Simile | Compares two things by using the word like or as. |
metaphor | Compares two things by syikng that one thing is the other. Metaphors do not use the words like or as. |
personification | Gives human traits to animals or objects. |
summarize | When you summarize, you tell in one or two sentences the most important information. |
paraphrase | When you paraphrase, you retell a text in your own words without changing its meaning. |
fact | Information that can be proved to be true. Facts are based on evidence. |
opinion | A thought, feeling, or belief about something. Usually, oopions cannot be proved. You may agree or disagree with an author's opinion. |