Literacy Terms

Which is NOT an author's purpose?

• retell

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

• sentences

• context clues

• punctuation

• elements of poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A dictionary is an example of a _____.

• reference source

• story book

• central idea

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

At first Georgie could not read. He was __________.

• literate

• dumb

• crazy

• illiterate

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Text and graphic features are used to _____.

• tell who wrote the text

• give equations

• tell a different story

• organize the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What are figures of speech that compare or exaggerate something?

• adjectives

• figurative language

• elements of poetry

• pronouns

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

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

• thesaurus

• retelling

• central idea

• making and confirming predictions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Facts are _____.

• the setting of a story

• able to be proven true

• a section of a poem

• a personal belief

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6