MCA Reading Vocabulary

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Compare & Contrast

Back

describing how things are similar and different

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Cause & Effect

Back

explaining how events relate to each other

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Character Traits

Back

describing what the characters are like

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Character's Point of View

Back

describing what a character thinks or feels

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Author's Point of View

Back

describing what the author thinks or feels

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Visualizing the Text

Back

making a picture in your mind while you read

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Making Inferences

Back

guessing what something means based on clues

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Making Predictions

Back

guessing what will happen next based on clues

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Sequence of Events

Back

putting the events of a store in time order

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Theme

Back

the message of the story or the life lesson that the characters learn