Week 2 Vocabulary Test

1. The CLUES that an author gives in the text to let you know what an unknown word means.  The clue could be before or after the unknown word, in the same paragraph, in a paragraph above or below the word, or there may be a synonym or antonym that will help you figure out the word.  

• context clues

• inferring

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

Using what you already know, plus the author’s clues to help you understand what the story is about.  (INFERENCING, reading between the lines, drawing a conclusion, what can you conclude…..these are all terms that mean to INFER!) 

• context clues

• inferring

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

The reason an author writes a text.  The five reasons are: Persuade, Inform, Explain, Entertain, and Describe

• context clues

• inferring

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

A fake, make believe story that is NOT true.  (The author’s purpose is to entertain in a fictional story.)

• context clues

• inferring

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

The events that take place in a fiction story.  The characters will have some type of problem. There will be a turning point where the character realizes something and makes a change, and the problem will be solved.  (like Disney shows!)

• PLOT

• conflict

• reSOLUTION

• figurative language

The thing that is going bad for a character(s) in the story. The problem the character is interacting with.

• PLOT

• conflict

• reSOLUTION

• figurative language

The way the problem is SOLVED in a fiction story.  (resolution, conclusion...it happens at the end)

• PLOT

• conflict

• reSOLUTION

• figurative language

When the author says one thing, but means something else. For example….It’s raining cats and dogs!  They really mean, it’s raining hard!  You have to use the clues and infer!

• PLOT

• conflict

• reSOLUTION

• figurative language