1. EOG
Vocabulary
READING

2. Who or what the
details in a selection
are mainly about.

3. Setting
time and place

4. Main Idea
what the selection
is about
(say it in a sentence!)

5. Sequencing
order of events

6. C- what makes something happen
Cause and Effect
C- what makes something happen
e- what happens

7. Author's Purpose
to entertain,
to inform,
or persuade

8. Compare and Contrast
finding what is
alike and different

9. Plot
problem and solution
of selection

10. Drawing
Conclusions
what do you know,
what can you infer,
what can you conclude

11. Predicting Outcomes
what would
happen next

12. Theme
moral or lesson
of selection

13. Figurative Language
five types of
descriptive phrases

14. Point of View
who is telling
the selection

15. f- something that can be proven
Fact and Opinion
f- something that can be proven
o- can not be proven

16. look at the sentence before it, it's in and after it to find out the
Context Clues
look at the sentence before it,
it's in and after it to find out the
meaning of difficult words

17. Supporting Detail
a fact from
the selection
(put them together to
get the main idea)

18. Genre
type of story

19. (non-fiction is no-foolin!)
real
(non-fiction is no-foolin!)

20. Fiction
not real
(fiction is fake)

21. Analyze
to study
something carefully

22. Infer
to draw conclusions
based on what the
author tells you

23. Strategy
plan used in reading;
like skim, scan, reread

24. through the story looking for general information and main ideas
Skim
when you read quickly
through the story looking for general
information and main ideas

25. Scan
aha...you can
put your finger on it

26. Graphics
*, pictures, diagrams,
bold print, italics, etc...

27. Judgment
opinion

28. Mood
how the selection
makes you feel

29. Prefix
comes before the
word; like reread

30. Suffix
comes after the
word; like reader

31. Metaphor
comparing without
using like or as

32. Simile
comparing using
like or as

33. Atlas
A book of maps

34. Magazine
A book of
interesting articles

35. Encyclopedia
A book of
information

36. Newspaper
A resource for
current events