Academic Reading Vocab #1

What is central idea?

• The theme of a story

• Supporting details

• Text evidence

• It is the main idea, what the text is MOSTLY about.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What steps can you help you identify the main ( central ) idea of a passage?

• Repetition ( words that repeat)

• First and Last sentence of the passage or look at each paragraph

• Identifying the topic

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

What is theme?

• Theme is the main idea of a story

• Theme is the moral or lesson of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

What is a synonym?

• A word that has the same meaning

• A word that has the opposite meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

What is personification

• Comparing two things with the words " like" or " as"

• When a writer gives an idea, object , or animal human qualities ( acts like a person)

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

To Compare is...

• to drive forward the action

• to point out the differences

• to decide the meaning of or explain

• to point out the similarities

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

To Analyze

• to study something to understand what it means

• assess or judge the value of something

• A hint at something that the reader is expected to understand

• is to quote from the novel as an example of proof for a claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

To Contrast ...

• to point out the silimarities

• to point out the differences

• to study something to understand the meaning

• assess or judge the value of something

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

The author wrote this selection mostly to give information.

• the main idea of a story

• the moral of a story

• a piece of literature that you or someone else has chosen for you to read

• vanilla ice cream

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the similarity between the two passages?

• a quality that makes one person or thing like another

• differences

• contrast

• chronological order

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7