Comprehension Skills/Strategies

words that mean the opposite of each other

• antonyms

• synonyms

• conflict

• problem

the reason an author writes a text, usually to inform, entertain, or persuade the reader.

• caption

• author's purpose

• heading

• main idea

a list of resources used for a written project

• bibliography

• biography

• fact

• metaphor

a phrase or sentences that tells what a photograph or other graphic is about

• evidence

• fact

• cause

• caption

the reason that something happens

• first person

• cause

• character

• contrast

a person, an animal, or an object that takes part in the action

• character

• context clues

• effect

• caption

a text organization in which the author presents events in the order in which they happened

• fact

• chronological order

• heading

• inference

to show how objects, ideas, people, places, events, or passages are similar

• caption

• context clues

• contrast

• compare

a problem that the characters in a fictional narrative solve

• Evidence

• Conflict

• Caption

• Character

the words or phrases that help readers understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word

• illustrations

• characters

• cause

• context clues