SOL Reading Vocabulary Review

What does it mean to analyze a text?

• Add new characters
• Summarize it quickly
• Break it down and examine it closely
• Copy it exactly
• Ignore the details

What does it mean to infer something?

• Ask a question
• Make a guess based on clues and evidence
• Copy what the author said
• State a fact
• Write a title

What does summarize mean?

• Copy word-for-word
• Give the main idea and key details
• Tell your opinion
• Write every sentence
• Add new facts

What does contrast mean?

• Show how things are alike
• Describe the setting
• Define a word
• Tell why something happens
• Show how things are different

What does compare mean?

• Skip it
• Find key words
• Argue with the author
• Define the word
• Show how things are alike and different

What does support mean in a question?

• Say your opinion
• Argue against it
• Skip the question
• Give evidence or reasons
• Create a story

What does explain mean?

• Tell what happens next
• Choose an answer
• Make a list
• Tell how or why something happens
• Describe the main character

What is evidence in reading?

• A character’s opinion
• The title of the story
• A picture clue
• Proof from the text
• A question

What does main idea mean?

• A detail from paragraph 1
• What the text is mostly about
• The ending
• A figurative phrase
• A type of conflict

What is the theme of a story?

• The author’s name
• A sentence
• The message or lesson
• The title
• The setting