Reading Vocabulary

The main character in a story or the character who 

    wants something.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• static character

• dynamic character

The character in the story who presents a problem or conflict for the main character.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• theme

• characterization

A lesson the readers may learn from the examples set by characters in the story.

• quote

• dynamic character

• theme

• summarize

A paragraph which identifies the topic and main idea of a text and includes the most important details.

• quote

• paraphrase

• summarize

• characterization

 Words that introduce and connect ideas in reasoning 

     sentences.

• signal words

• quotes

• summarize

• transition words

 Words that identify where in the text a quote comes  

      from, who the speaker was and what the situation is.

• static character

• signal words

• transition words

• protagonist

Steps a reader may take to determine the meaning of    

      an unknown word.  These include context clues, 

      substituting synonyms, finding a root word, or looking 

      at word parts like prefixes and suffixes.

• characterization

• paraphrase

• vocabulary strategies

• summarize

Words or evidence taken directly from a text, copied word 

     for word correctly, and enclosed with quotation marks.

• theme

• quote

• paraphrase

• summarize

 An author’s process of describing a character through 

     details about their physical appearance, thoughts, 

     feelings, words and actions.

• theme

• paraphrase

• characterization

• summarize

 Rewriting a quote in your own words to explain its 

     meaning…  Quotation marks are NOT needed.

• Citing

• Summarizing

• Paraphrasing

• Quoting