Reading Academic Vocabulary

What does the term "compare" mean in the context of this learning material?

• To contrast things and find differences

• To find things alike or similar

• To describe the characteristics of one item

• To analyze the importance of an event

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is "imagery" according to the document?

• A visual representation in a text

• A descriptive language that involves the five senses

• A metaphorical expression

• A narrative technique

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is the purpose of "text feature" in a document?

• To provide additional information in the form of images

• To highlight the most important parts of a text

• To decorate the text

• To summarize the text content

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What does "autobiography" refer to?

• A biography written by another person

• A story of a person's life written by that person

• A fictional account of someone's life

• A daily diary entry

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does "synonym" mean?

• A word that sounds the same as another word

• A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

• A word that means the same as another word

• A word that is spelled the same as another word

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the "author's purpose" for writing, as defined in the document?

• To entertain, persuade, and argue

• To inform, entertain, and describe

• To persuade, inform, explain, and entertain

• To narrate, describe, and convince

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is a prefix?

• A word part that can be added to the BEGINNING of a word to make new word

• A group of lines in a poem

• A word part that can be added to the END of a word to make up a new word

• The order in which things happen or should happen

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

What does the term "central idea or main idea" refer to?

• What the text is MOSTLY about

• A picture or drawing

• The narrator of a poem

• Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is a stanza?

• The reason WHY something happens

• A word that means the OPPOSITE of another word

• A group of lines in a poem

• How the information within a written text is organized

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What are context clues?

• Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• The order in which things happen or should happen

• Most helpful

• A picture or drawing

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4