2nd Semester Reading Final Study Guide

Question 1

Where are first person narrators?

Answer 1

Within the story. They tell the story based on how they think and feel.

Question 2

Where are third person narrators?

Answer 2

Not within the story. They describe the characters and events in a story without being part of the action. They are an invisible observer who is all knowing. They give the reader a great perspective.

Question 3

What is an autobiography?

Answer 3

A book about the author.

Question 4

What is a biography?

Answer 4

A book that is written about another person. It’s not about the author.

Question 5

What does it mean to infer?

Answer 5

To make a guess based on known facts. It’s taking what the author tells and your background knowledge to help you make a pretty good guess about something related to the text.

Question 6

What is the main idea?

Answer 6

What the passage is mostly about.

Question 7

What is the purpose?

Answer 7

The reason the author writes something or includes something as part of an article.

Question 8

What does it mean to summarize?

Answer 8

When you tell about the most important ideas.

Question 9

What is the TAPE strategy?

Answer 9

A method of answering questions that asks you to:

1. Turn the question around.
2. Answer all parts of the question.
3. Provide details from the text to support your answer.
4. Explain your answer.

Question 10

What is a cause?

Answer 10

The reason something happens

Question 11

What is an effect?

Answer 11

What happens because of something else

Question 12

What are context clues?

Answer 12

Used to help determine the meaning of a word. A word’s context is the word’s and sentences around it. These words are clues to a meaning you are unsure of. Clues are hints to help you learn a word’s meaning.

Question 13

What are the sequence of events?

Answer 13

What happened first, next and so on.

Question 14

What is a character trait or personal quality?

Answer 14

Something specific which describes a character

Question 15

What is the conflict in a story?

Answer 15

The problem.

Question 16

What is the resolution of the story?

Answer 16

How the problem is solved.

Question 17

What is the again and again strategy?

Answer 17

When you’re reading and you notice a word, a phrase, an object, or situation over and over, you should stop and ask yourself - “Why does this keep showing up again and again?” The answers will tell you about the theme and conflict, or how they might foreshadow what will happen later.

Question 18

What is the words of the wiser strategy?

Answer 18

When you are reading and a character (who’s probably older and lots wiser) takes the main character aside and gives serious advice, you should ask yourself - “What’s the life lesson and how might it affect the character?” Whatever the lesson is, you’ve probably found a theme for the story.

Question 19

What is a theme statement?

Answer 19

A character’s motto for life. A motto is a brief statement used to express a principle, goal, or ideal.

Question 20

What are fantasy stories?

Answer 20

Stories that contain things that couldn’t happen in real life such as magic, time travel, or talking animals.

Question 21

What is supporting evidence?

Answer 21

Facts and information which support a central claim.

Question 22

What is a T-Chart?

Answer 22

A helpful graphic organizer to compare pros and cons of an argument.

Question 23

What was our theme this year?

Answer 23

Survival

Question 24

Who tells the story?

Answer 24

The narrator.