Reading Vocabulary

Front

What is Text Structure?

Back

Ways to organize texts or your writing; you can use sequence, question/answer, compare/contrast, cause/effect, or problem/solution.

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

Front

What is Setting?

Back

When and where the story takes place.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What is Genre?

Back

Categories for writing/books; some examples are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Front

What is Point of View?

Back

The view from which the story is told; sometimes a narrator, sometimes a character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

Front

What is a Character?

Back

A person, animal, or object an author uses in telling a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

Front

What are Context Clues?

Back

Hints or suggestions in the text that help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Front

What is Theme?

Back

The main idea or underlying message of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Front

What is Inference?

Back

A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Front

What is a Plot?

Back

The sequence of events in a story, including the conflict and resolution.

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Front

What is a Summary?

Back

A brief statement that presents the main points of a text.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2