3rd-grade GMAS Reading Terms Comprehension Review

What is an antonym?

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• A series of events that center on a problem.

• The most important idea in a paragraph.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does "author's purpose" refer to?

• The order in which something has occurred.

• The reason that something happens and its result.

• To persuade, entertain, describe, inform.

• A problem in the story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the meaning of "cause and effect"?

• Events that happen in order.

• The reason that something happens and what happens as a result of the cause.

• Finding out how two or more things are alike.

• The end of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

What is the definition of "chronological order"?

• A group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings.

• The most important idea in a paragraph.

• Events that happen in order.

• Words that sound alike but are different in spellings or meanings.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What does "compare and contrast" mean?

• Using details from the reading passage to draw a conclusion.

• Finding out how two or more things are alike.

• The end of the story.

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.3

What is a "conclusion" in a story?

• The most important idea in a paragraph.

• The final decision at the end of the story.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• The reason that something happens and its result.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

What is a "conflict" in a story?

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

• The order in which something has occurred.

• A problem in the story.

• Events that happen in order.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

What are "context clues"?

• Words in the question that help locate additional information within the text.

• The most important idea in a paragraph.

• To use words around the unfamiliar word to figure out its meaning.

• A group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a "fact"?

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• Something that actually occurred or exists.

• The final decision at the end of the story.

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What are "homographs"?

• Words that sound alike but are different in spellings or meanings.

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings.

• One of a group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings.

• The most important idea in a paragraph.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3F