6: Unit 1 Vocabulary

A novel is a

• a set of steps that readers can use to make sense of a text

• long works of fiction

• writing about invented people, places, and events

• are examples of short works of fiction

Reading comprehension strategies are

• a set of steps that readers can use to make sense of a text

• long works of fiction

• writing about invented people, places, and events

• are examples of short works of fiction

Fiction is

• a set of steps that readers can use to make sense of a text

• long works of fiction

• writing about invented people, places, and events

• are examples of short works of fiction

Short stories, myths, and fables are...

• a set of steps that readers can use to make sense of a text

• long works of fiction

• writing about invented people, places, and events

• are examples of short works of fiction

A similie

• uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• means to identify the reason for reading a text

• language used for descriptive effect, often to illustrate or imply ideas indirectly.

• means to ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading a text

Setting a purpose for reading

• uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• means to identify the reason for reading a text

• language used for descriptive effect, often to illustrate or imply ideas indirectly.

• means to ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading a text

Generating questions

• uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• means to identify the reason for reading a text

• language used for descriptive effect, often to illustrate or imply ideas indirectly.

• means to ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading a text

Figurative language is

• uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• means to identify the reason for reading a text

• language used for descriptive effect, often to illustrate or imply ideas indirectly.

• means to ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading a text

Personification

• a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities.

• directly compares two seemingly unlike things without using like or as

• the sky is weeping

• including when and where a text was written

Context explains

• a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities.

• directly compares two seemingly unlike things without using like or as

• the sky is weeping

• when and where a text was written