Reading Terms Review

What is the beginning of a story that provides background info on characters and setting called?

• exposition

• expository

• beginning

What is the tensest turning point in a story where the character faces the problem?

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

What is when we find the similarities and differences between a thing, idea, event or people?

• comparison

• analogy

• dialogue

What is it when we find a specific part of the text to quote, summarize or paraphrase?

• plot

• mandate

• cite

What is when and where a story takes?

• evidence

• plot

• setting

What is the explanation for what your evidence has to do with a claim and why the evidence supports the claim?

• reasoning

• explanation

• claim

What is the big idea behind what a text is mostly about or what is most important?

• main idea

• central idea

• best explanation

• perspective

What do we call types of stories?

• type

• claim

• genre

What is the events and structure of a literary text called?

• narrative

• plan

• plot

Which point of view is when an author makes you part of the story and uses you, your?

• first person

• second person

• third person