RI Vocab Quiz

What is a prefix?

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

• An affix attached to the end of a word.

• An affix attached to the beginning of a word.

• A group of letters attached to the beginning or end of a word, or root word.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What is a suffix?

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

• An affix attached to the end of a word.

• An affix attached to the beginning of a word.

• A group of letters attached to the beginning or end of a word, or root word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

What is the main idea of a text?

• Important pieces of information that support the main idea.

• The order in which things happen.

• The perspective that a person has about a topic or event.

• The central or most important idea in a text.

  Topic + Point

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What are key details in a text?

• Important pieces of information that support the main idea.

• The order in which things happen.

• The perspective that a person has about a topic or event.

• The central or most important idea in a text.

  Topic + Point

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is point of view in a text?

• Important pieces of information that support the main idea.

• Taking what you already know and what you learned from the text to show understanding of something that may not be in the text.

• The perspective that a person has about a topic or event.

• The central or most important idea in a text.

  Topic + Point

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What are text features?

• An image or drawing that explains or shows the parts of something.

• Skills that readers use to figure out the meaning of unknown words.

• Important words in a text, usually bolded or in italics.

• Parts of a text that help the reader to better understand the text.  Examples: title, heading, sidebar, illustration, keyword.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What are context clues?

• To learn or find out something by getting information.

• Skills that readers use to figure out the meaning of unknown words.

• The perspective that a person has about a topic or event.

• Taking what you already know and what you learned from the text to show understanding of something that may not be in the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is an inference?

• An explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase.

• A phrase or sentence that shows how a word is used.

• Taking what you already know and what you learned from the text to show understanding of something that may not be in the text.

• The perspective that a person has about a topic or event.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the sequence of events in a text?

• The order in which things happen.

• Skills that readers use to figure out the meaning of unknown words.

• Important pieces of information that support the main idea.

• Parts of a text that help the reader to better understand the text.  Examples: title, heading, sidebar, illustration, keyword.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the cause and effect in a text?

• Skills that readers use to figure out the meaning of unknown words.

• The central or most important idea in a text.

  Topic + Point

• Important pieces of information that support the main idea. 

• Why something happens and what happens.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3