Reading Terms to Know

Reading Terms to Know:

Inference, infer, inferring

Main idea

Details

Characters

Summarize

Draw conclusions

Compare & contrast

Cause & effect

Problem & Solution evidence

Setting

Context clues

Figurative language – metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, idiom, proverb, adage.

Chapter, Scene, Stanza

Author’s point of view

Genre Writing words to know:

Fact vs opinion

Informative/explanatory writing

Persuasive writing

Narrative writing (entertainment)

Transition words

Introduction

Conclusion

Writing with a purpose

Keeping your audience in mind Grammar words to know:

Conjunctions

Prepositions

Interjections

Verbs & verb tense (past, present, future)

Adverbs

Adjectives

Punctuation

Comma & when to use it.

Quotation marks

Italics

Word roots

Dictionary

Glossary

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Homographs

Homophones