MS Reading Terms

A brief statement of the main events of a story

• main idea

• excerpt

• summary

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

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Illustrations

Match the following:

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

• Procedural

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

• Autobiography

• writing that tells you how to do something

• Persuasive

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

• Historical Fiction

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

• Drama

The reason why something happens

• Effect

• Affect

• Cause

• Fate

the person who is telling the story; the speaker

• Narrator

• Perspective

• Point of View

Match the following

• Onomatopoeia

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

• Idiom

• the use of words that represent sounds, like BOOM

• Hyperbole

• figurative language using elaborate exaggeration

• Simile

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

• Personification

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

Match the following organizational text structures:

• Chronological order

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

• Problem and solution

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

• Cause and Effect

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

• Sequential

• writing describing events in the order that they happened

showing how to do something by doing it

• Demonstrating

• Exhibit

• Convey

• Reveal

to show or point out

• Indicate

• Convey

• Reveal

Clearly expressed; exact; accurate in every detail

• Hyperbole

• Determined

• Precise

• Demonstrate