Reading Skills Vocabulary

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main idea

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tells what something a story picture movie show etc. is mostly about.

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character traits

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• the adjectives that describe a character’s personality.

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Sequencing

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•  putting events in the chronological order in which they occurred.

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Point of View

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• the perspective from which a piece of text is written.

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Fact and Opinion

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•  information that can be proven versus someone’s own personal  opinion.

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Cause and Effect

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•  explains why something happens and what happens as a result.

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Author's Purpose

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•  the reason why the author writes a specific piece of text.

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Context Clues

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• clues that help you determine the meaning of unknown words.

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Compare and Contrast

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• finding similarities and differences between tow ideas, characters, or topics

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Story Elements

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• the parts that make up a story- character, setting, problem, solution, plot