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29 Cards in this Set
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Prefix |
Group of letters before a word to change its meaning |
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Author |
the person who wrote the story or passage |
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To tell |
to express |
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the reader |
who you are when you read the story or passage |
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Antonym |
opposite |
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Synonym |
the SAME |
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Main Idea |
what the text is mostly about (hint: readers can identify main idea by using.....?) |
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Photograph |
synonym(SAME) for picture |
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Mostly about |
synonym (SAME) for main idea |
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Cause and Effect |
Cause means something that happened Effect means something that happened as a result |
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Passage |
synonym (SAME) for selection |
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Rhyme |
words that sound the same (hint: found at the end of the poem) |
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Suffix |
a group of letters AFTER a root word to change its meaning |
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Narrative |
to tell a story |
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Biography |
a true story written about a REAL person |
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Narrative Poem |
a poem that tells a story |
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Detail |
small parts of a story added to give more meaning to support the main idea |
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"According to the selection" |
because the story says |
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Imagery |
words in a story that help to show feeling, emotion, colors and more. It helps make a movie in your mind |
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Dictionary |
the word and meaning from a dictionary |
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Infer |
to figure out |
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Summary |
what the whole story is about (BME) Beginning Middle End |
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Sequence |
the order it happens in the story |
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Theme |
what you learn from the story; the moral |
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Genre |
a type or style of writing EX: fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction, poetry, biography |
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Text Feature |
a title a picture or caption, map or graphic organizer |
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Diagram |
means a picture graphic organizer or map |
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Conclude |
to decide or determine using the information in the story. |
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Author's Purpose |
why the other wrote it (hint: PIE) P- persuade I- inform E- entertain |
