Ks Reading Assessment Flashcards

Front 1

Words that have the opposite meaning.
example: hot and cold

Back 1

antonym

Front 2

Addition at the end of a book or document, usually giving further details.

Back 2

appendix

Front 3

Information explaining a picture.

Back 3

caption

Front 4

A type of text structure, often using the word because, telling how one thing causes another to happen.

Back 4

cause and effect

Front 5

The most important people in a story.

Back 5

characters

Front 6

A type of text structure showing how things are alike and different.

Back 6

compare and contrast

Front 7

Clues given in a passage as to the meaning of a word.

Back 7

Context clues

Front 8

A dictionary listing of a word giving its part of speech, meaning, and example sentence.

Back 8

definition

Front 9

A type of text structure that tells about something by giving a picture in words.

Back 9

description

Front 10

Information that describes more fully the main topic.

Back 10

details

Front 11

Making a decision or voicing an opinion based on reasoning; inferencing.

Back 11

drawing conclusions

Front 12

A text type that seeks to explain or inform.

Back 12

expository

Front 13

Stories that tell about imaginary people and happenings.

Back 13

fiction

Front 14

A kind of writing such as biography, folktale, poetry, etc.

Back 14

genre

Front 15

An alphabetical list of special or technical words with explanations found at the back of a book.

Back 15

glossary

Front 16

explanatory drawings or graphs that accompany a passage.

Back 16

graphic features

Front 17

A title of a chapter, page, or paragraph

Back 17

heading

Front 18

A word having the same spelling as another word, but different meanings.

Back 18

homograph

Front 19

A word having the same pronunciation as another word, but a different spelling and meaning.

Back 19

homophone

Front 20

A phrase or expression that does not mean what it really says.

Back 20

idiom

Front 21

A synonym or synonym phrase for a word.

Back 21

meaning

Front 22

A figure of speech in which two things are compared without using the words like or as.

Back 22

metaphor

Front 23

A story or tale including fiction, biography or autobiography.

Back 23

narrative

Front 24

Writing that is true including biography, informational reports, and other writing that is not fiction.

Back 24

nonfiction

Front 25

A text type that is designed to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or perform a certain action.

Back 25

persuasive

Front 26

The plan or main story of a play, novel, short story, or poem.

Back 26

plot

Front 27

A guess about what will happen based on information already given.

Back 27

prediction

Front 28

A text structure in which a puzzle or dilemma is answered or solved.

Back 28

problem and solution

Front 29

In a narrative, the solved problem of the main character(s)

Back 29

resolution

Front 30

A text structure in which one action or event follows another.

Back 30

sequence

Front 31

In fiction, where and when a story takes place.

Back 31

Setting

Front 32

A figure of speech comparing two things using the word like or as.

Back 32

simile

Front 33

A sentence in the introduction of the conclusion of an article that summarizes the main idea of the topic being presented.

Back 33

summary sentence

Front 34

A word that means about the same thing as another word.

Back 34

synonym

Front 35

A listing by page number of the main topics of a book, usually found in the front of the book.

Back 35

table of contents

Front 36

A text type that gives directions or explains the procedure to complete a specific task.

Back 36

technical

Front 37

The topic or subject of writing.

Back 37

theme

Front 38

The summary sentence of a paragraph, stating what the main idea of the paragraph is.

Back 38

topic sentence