I am Ready 5th Grade vocab

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Theme

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The central message or lesson of a story.

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Main Idea

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The most important point in a passage or text.

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Summary

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A brief statement that includes the main points of a text.

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Inference

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A logical conclusion based on evidence from the text.

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Context Clues

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Hints in a sentence or paragraph that help determine the meaning of an unknown word.

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Point of View

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The perspective from which a story is told (first-person, third-person, etc.).

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Compare and Contrast

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Identifying similarities and differences between two or more things.

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Cause and Effect

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The relationship between events where one causes the other to happen.

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Fact vs. Opinion

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A fact can be proven true, while an opinion is a belief or feeling.

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Text Structure

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The way an author organizes information in a text (chronological, problem-solution, etc.).