Literacy Terms

Which is NOT an author's purpose?

• retell

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

What is theme?

• what the story is mostly about

• the message or lesson in a text

• the words under a picture

• a person, place, thing, or idea

The words and phrases around an unknown word that help determine its meaning are _____.

• sentences

• context clues

• punctuation

• elements of poetry

A dictionary is an example of a _____.

• reference source

• story book

• central idea

• stanza

At first Georgie could not read. He was __________.

• literate

• dumb

• crazy

• illiterate

What is the Last Stage in Literacy Development?

• Emergent Literacy:

  Sing the ABCs

• Advanced Reading:

  Comprehend longer texts such as books

• Words and Patterns:

  Read silently without vocalizing

• Intermediate Reading:

  Read to acquire ideas and gain knowledge

• Alphabetic Fluency:

  See the relationship between letters and sounds

Text and graphic features are used to _____.

• tell who wrote the text

• give equations

• tell a different story

• organize the text

What are figures of speech that compare or exaggerate something?

• adjectives

• figurative language

• elements of poetry

• pronouns

A guess (based on text clues and pictures) about what may happen next is _____.

• thesaurus

• retelling

• central idea

• making and confirming predictions

Facts are _____.

• the setting of a story

• able to be proven true

• a section of a poem

• a personal belief