Reading Vocabulary: Literature

A __________ is a person, animal, or other creature in a story.

• character

• setting

• theme

• main idea

When you __________ characters, you find ways they are similar.

• compare

• contrast

• summarize

• describe

When you _________ characters, you find ways they are different.

• compare

• contrast

• summarize

• describe

The _________ is when and where a story takes place.

• character

• setting

• plot

• main idea

An _________ is something that happens.

• main idea

• inference

• supporting detail

• event

The __________ is the main message of a work.

• main idea

• passage

• theme

• none of these

When you _________, you tell the main ideas in order, restating the most important parts of the plot in your own words.

• compare

• summarize

• infer

• explain

An _________ is a guess based on facts.

• inference

• summary

• plot

• none of these

In a _________, the writer uses the words like or as to compare two things.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

In a __________, the writer compares two things without using the words like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole