1. Reading Terms

2. Fact
Can be proven.
Example – There are 50 states in the U.S.A.

3. Slang or Jargon Popular speech
Example – “That is really awesome.” or “What’s up?”

4. Suffix The word part at the end of the base word that changes meaning.
Examples –
create
creation
created

5. Opinion
Based on feeling.
Example – PA is the best state in the U.S.A.

6. Exaggeration Stretches the truth. Examples:
The baby laughs all the time.
You never say please.

7. Plot
Events in the story.
Usually told in sequence of when it occurs.

8. Central Problem
Main problem of the story.

9. Resolution
How the problem is solved.

10. Setting Time and place the story takes place.
Example – Long, long ago in a far away place…

11. Theme Something the story teaches you.
Example – Little Red Riding Hood teaches you not to talk to strangers.

12. Synonym
Word that mean the same.
Examples:
large
huge
big

13. Antonym
Words that mean the opposite.
Examples:
up and down
in and out

14. Simile
Saying one thing is like another.
Example – He is like a bear!

15. Metaphor Comparing one thing to another without using “like” or “as”.
Example – He is a bear!

16. Personification
When the author gives objects human feelings or characteristics.
Example – talking to a teddy bear or picture

17. Rhythm A pattern of sounds in a poem or sentence.
Example – Roses are red, Violets are blue.

18. Alliteration The use of words that start with the same sound.
Example – Ten terrible toddlers took two trains.

19. Hyperbole An exaggeration usually for comic effect.
Example – He was luckier than a cat with nine lives.

20. Onomatopoeia
The creation and use of words which include sounds that are similar to the noises that words refer to.
Examples:
pop
buzz
boom

21. Flashback
When the author interrupts the story to tell you about something that happened earlier.

22. Foreshadowing
When the author warns you something will happen in the future.
Example – “The dreary day hinted at the dark events to come.”

23. Prefix
The word part at the beginning of the base word that changes meaning.
Examples:
Prepay – to pay before
Repay – to pay again

24. Summary
Tells the most important points of the story – characters, plot, events, theme, setting.
Example – usually the short story on the back of a book that tells about it.

25. Symbolism Using one thing to represent another.
Example – In David and Goliath – the giant represents all that is bad.

26. Review of Reading Terms
Fact
Opinion
Central Problem
Theme
Slang or Jargon
Exaggeration
Resolution
Synonym
Suffix
Plot
Setting
Antonym
Simile
Rhythm
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Metaphor
Alliteration
Flashback
Summary
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Prefix

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