Understanding What We Read

Comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• homograph

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

This is an issue or conflict.

• problem

• contrast

• context clues

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The reason something happens

• cause

• plot

• synonym

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A group of letters at the end of a word that changes the meaning.

• suffix

• prefix

• antonym

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

To show how 2 or emore things are similar.

• compare

• effect

• theme

• inference

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

When you give a nonliving thing human characteristics

• personification

• solution

• sequence

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• falling action

• prefix

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

This is normally the longest part of the plot which explains events that lead to the climax.

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• predicition

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is how something can be fixed or solved.

• solution

• problem

• main idea

• compare

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Clues that surround words that help the reader understand the meaning.

• context clues

• effect

• synonym

• homophone

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C