MS Reading Terms

A brief statement of the main events of a story

• main idea

• excerpt

• summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. For example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Illustrations

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the following:

• a story written to be performed by actors; a play

• Persuasive

• fictional story of an event in history with historical facts, events, or people

• Autobiography

• writing that tells you how to do something

• Drama

• writing used to convince the reader of the writer's opinion

• Historical Fiction

• the story of a person's life written by that person in 1st person POV

• Procedural

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The reason why something happens

• Effect

• Affect

• Cause

• Fate

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

the person who is telling the story; the speaker

• Narrator

• Perspective

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Match the following

• Simile

• figurative language using elaborate exaggeration

• Personification

• comparison using like or as. Example: The car was as cold as ice

• Hyperbole

• the use of words that represent sounds, like BOOM

• Idiom

• an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words Ex: two heads are better than one

• Onomatopoeia

• giving human qualities to non-human things Ex: the sun smiled at me

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Match the following organizational text structures:

• Sequential

• writing describing events in the order that they happened

• Problem and solution

• putting steps in order; signal words include: first; second; third; before; after that; next; finally; then, following; etc.

• Cause and Effect

• structure connects events that happen with why they happen. Words include: because, as a result, therefore, and if

• Chronological order

• organizational structure where a problem is presented and a solution is suggested; signal words include: issues, challenges, solve, proposed solution, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

showing how to do something by doing it

• Demonstrating

• Exhibit

• Convey

• Reveal

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

to show or point out

• Indicate

• Convey

• Reveal

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Clearly expressed; exact; accurate in every detail

• Hyperbole

• Determined

• Precise

• Demonstrate

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4