5th grade reading application II

Question 1

text feature

Answer 1

part of a text designed to help the reader locate and learn information (ex. title page, heading, table of contents, glossary, etc.)

Question 2

text box

Answer 2

in nonfiction text, a special box of words in which additional information about the text’s subject is displayed

Question 3

footnote

Answer 3

printed notes placed below the text on a page with helpful information

Question 4

heading

Answer 4

the line of text indicating what the passage below is about

Question 5

subheading

Answer 5

the heading of a subdivision or small section of text

Question 6

graphic aid

Answer 6

a figure (maps, charts, graphs, etc.) that shows facts in a simple presentation

Question 7

synonym

Answer 7

a word with similar meaning as another word

Question 8

antonym

Answer 8

a word with the opposite meaning of another word

Question 9

thesis

Answer 9

the subject or main point of an article

Question 10

sequence

Answer 10

the order in which things are arranged or events happen

Question 11

cause

Answer 11

the reason something happens; answers the question “why did that happen?”

Question 12

effect

Answer 12

the result of an action by somebody or something else; answers the question, “What happened?”

Question 13

relationship

Answer 13

a significant connection or similarity between two or more things

Question 14

comparison

Answer 14

the discovery of similarities and differences between two or more people or things

Question 15

contrast

Answer 15

a marked difference

Question 16

similarities

Answer 16

the quality or state of being alike; a comparable aspect

Question 17

differences

Answer 17

characteristics that distinguish one from another; ways characters are not the same

Question 18

base word

Answer 18

a word to which affixes may be added to create related words, as teach in REteach or teachING

Question 19

root word

Answer 19

a word to which affixes may be added to create related words, as teach in read in UNreadABLE

Question 20

affixes

Answer 20

prefixes and suffixes, parts of words which change the meaning of base words, but by themselves are not words

Question 21

point of view

Answer 21

the author’s expressed opinion through telling a story

Question 22

transitions

Answer 22

words or phrases that connect parts of a story or article- examples: then, next, later, meanwhile

Question 23

extraneous information

Answer 23

not essential; irrelevant; information that is not important to the story

Question 24

foreshadowing

Answer 24

clues in a story about what is going to happen next

Question 25

figurative language

Answer 25

words or phrases authors use to help readers visualize what is happening in a