Reading Vocabulary: Literature

A __________ is a person, animal, or other creature in a story.

• character

• setting

• theme

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When you __________ characters, you find ways they are similar.

• compare

• contrast

• summarize

• describe

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

When you _________ characters, you find ways they are different.

• compare

• contrast

• summarize

• describe

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The _________ is when and where a story takes place.

• character

• setting

• plot

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

An _________ is something that happens.

• main idea

• inference

• supporting detail

• event

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The __________ is the main message of a work.

• main idea

• passage

• theme

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

When you _________, you tell the main ideas in order, restating the most important parts of the plot in your own words.

• compare

• summarize

• infer

• explain

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

An _________ is a guess based on facts.

• inference

• summary

• plot

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

In a _________, the writer uses the words like or as to compare two things.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

In a __________, the writer compares two things without using the words like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5