Comprehension Skills/Strategies

words that mean the opposite of each other

• antonyms

• synonyms

• conflict

• problem

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

the reason an author writes a text, usually to inform, entertain, or persuade the reader.

• caption

• author's purpose

• heading

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

a list of resources used for a written project

• bibliography

• biography

• fact

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a phrase or sentences that tells what a photograph or other graphic is about

• evidence

• fact

• cause

• caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

the reason that something happens

• first person

• cause

• character

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

a person, an animal, or an object that takes part in the action

• character

• context clues

• effect

• caption

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

a text organization in which the author presents events in the order in which they happened

• fact

• chronological order

• heading

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

to show how objects, ideas, people, places, events, or passages are similar

• caption

• context clues

• contrast

• compare

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

a problem that the characters in a fictional narrative solve

• Evidence

• Conflict

• Caption

• Character

the words or phrases that help readers understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word

• illustrations

• characters

• cause

• context clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4