Reading Skills Terminology

to rewrite in your own words

• summarize

• paraphrase

• bias

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

can be proven

• opinion

• bias

• fact

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

universal message of a story

• main idea

• theme

• details

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

the direct result of an action

• cause

• compare

• effect

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

contains the main points of the selection

• summarize

• paraphrase

• details

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.3.4C

describes both physical and personality traits of a character

• opinion

• author's purpose

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a personal judgement

• mood

• opinion

• bias

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

how the reader is meant to feel in a story

• mood

• tone

• theme

• effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

to read between the lines (not directly stated, but present in the passage)

• plot

• details

• inference

• compare

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

the attitude (sound) of the author

• mood

• paraphrase

• details

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4