Reading Comprehension words

The reason why something happens

• cause

• effect

• compare

• purpose

to find things that are the same about two subjects

• compare

• purpose

• cause

• fact

to find things that are different about two subjects

• contrast

• compare

• effect

• purpose

a statement that cannot be proven true because it tells how a person feels about something

• opinion

• fact

• purpose

• compare

the reason why something is done

• purpose

• cause

• compare

• inference

what happens as a result

• effect

• fact

• cause

• opinion

something that is true and can be proven

• fact

• opinion

• compare

• purpose

using clues(prior knowledge and text evidence) to figure out what the author is NOT saying

• inference

• compare

• purpose

• cause

the message, lesson, or moral the author wants you to learn from the story

• theme

• main idea

• summary

• fact

what the overall idea of a paragraph or a text is about

• main idea

• summary

• theme

• opinion