| A | B |
|---|
| Fact | details that can be proven accurate |
| Opinion | Feelings-no proof of accuracy |
| Listeners should.... | maintain eye contact |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things in which a comparison word is used (like or as) |
| Imagery | a vivid description that produces mental images |
| Personification | an object or abstract idea given human qualities |
| Metaphor | the comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like/as) are used |
| Alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words |
| RACE | If you were asked to write a complete answer to a reading prompt you would use this strategy |
| Before reading | survey the text and set a purpose for reading |
| After reading | reflect and review |
| During reading | visualize story events and predict what will happen next |
| Before reading | read the back cover |
| During reading | reread the confusing parts |
| After reading | Restate, answer, cite evidence, extend |
| During reading | make inferences, read between the lines |
| After reading | summarize |
| circum-(circumnavigate) | in a circle; around |
| auto-(automatic) | =state, quality, condition |
| context clue | information from the reading that indicates the meaning of a word or group of words |
| -less (hopeless) | without; lacking |
| SQ3RT | Survey, question, read, recite, review, test |
| SQ3RT | If your teacher assigned a Social Studies chapter to read for homework this would be a good strategy to use. |
| Affix | Letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change the meaning or function. |
| Fiction | Text based on actual events |
| Nonfiction | Any story that is the product of imagination |
| -est (oldest) | to show the highest degree of |
| -alter (alternative) | other |
| homograph | A word that has the same spelling as another word, but a different origin and meaning |
| Compare | Placing together characters or ideas to show similarities |
| Contrast | to analyze differences |
| -er (kidnapper) | person or thing that does something |
| -cred (incredible) | believe |
| bio-(biography) | life |
| -ness (happiness) | state, quality, or condition |
| synonym | a word that has the same meaning as another word |
| sensory | this is how information gets into your short term memory |
| multiple intelligences | musical, visual, auditory, naturalist, interpersonal, kinesthetic |
| short term memory | working memory, where information is rehearsed or connected |
| long term memory | if you connect information it will be stored in your long term memory forever |
| -ful (peaceful) | full of |
| -leg (legal) | law |
| counter-(counterclockwise) | in opposition to; against; in return |
| characterization | The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities. |
| climax | The turning point in a narrative. |
| conflict/problem | A struggle or clash b/t opposing characters. |
| prefix | group of letters that can be placed before a word to alter its meaning |
| suffix | groups of letters placed after a word to modify its meaning or change it into a different word group from an adjective toan adverb, etc. |
| text to text; text to self; text to world | Kinds of connections a reader makes while reading. |
| Inferences | Conclusions, opinions, predictions |
| Main Idea | Topic or theme of the text |
| Allusion | an implied or indirect reference in literatur to a familiar person, place or event. |
| Imagery | A vivid description that produces mental images. The image produced can be an emotion, a sensation, or a visual picture. |
| Generalization | To make a general overarching conclusion about a people or things. |
| Hyberbole | An exaggerationor overstatement. |
| Irony | The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its real meaning; when the outcome is the opposite of what is expected. |
| Satire | A literary term used to make fun of human weakness. |
