Reading Skills Flashcard

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What is the main idea of a story, poem, or text?

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The main idea is what the story, poem, or text is mostly about.

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What is inference in reading?

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Inference is using what you already know and evidence from the text to answer a question or make a decision.

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What does 'compare and contrast' mean?

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Compare and contrast means finding the similarities and differences between two characters, topics, or ideas.

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What does 'Main Idea' refer to in reading skills?

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Main Idea refers to what the story, poem, or text is mostly about.

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Which of the following is not a point of view in narrative writing?

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Fourth person is not a point of view in narrative writing.

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What is a theme in literature?

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A theme is the underlying message or the main idea of a literary work.

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What is point of view in a story?

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Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told.

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What are context clues?

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Context clues are hints found within a text that help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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What is the purpose of summarizing a text?

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The purpose of summarizing is to provide a brief overview of the main points and ideas in the text.

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What does it mean to make a prediction while reading?

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Making a prediction means to guess what will happen next in the story based on clues from the text.