GMAS Review- Reading

The perspective from which a story is told is called the_________.

• plot line

• point of view

• climax

• structure

A ___________is the category of a text, such as fiction or nonfiction.

• genre

• type

• category

• story

A _________ is an alphabetical list of words and phrases and their meanings. A __________ is often found at the end of a text.

• dictionary

• glossary

• encyclopedia

• periodical

A(n) _______________ refers to letters that are added to a root word that change its meaning.

• affix

• suffix

• root

• dictionary

_________________are the words, facts, or ideas in a text that explain a difficult or unusual word.

• Root

• Punctuation

• Dictionary

• Context clues

A literary passage is its lesson or message.

• Central idea

• Theme

• Objective summary

• Inference

The most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage.

• theme

• cental idea

• inference

• plot

Refers to the exact words the characters are saying. Each time a new character speaks, a new paragraph begins

• inference

• essay

• paragraph

• dialogue

Is an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

• resolution

• plot

• objective summary

• conclusion

Refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a text.

• characterization

• incident

• dialogue

• propel the action