FSA Reading Vocabulary #2 Flashcards
Antonym
A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word.
Analyze
To analyze a literary work, parts are examined to understand how they work together to create meaning as a whole. Examples of analysis are to compare, to contrast, to deduce, or to categorize.
Author’s Purpose
An author’s purpose is his or her reason for creating a particular work. The purpose may be to entertain, to explain or to inform, to express an opinion, or to persuade readers to do or believe something. An author may have more than one purpose for writing, but usually one is the most important.
Cause and effect
Two events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about the other. The following statement shows a cause-and-effect relationship: Because of my broken arm, the doctor said I couldn’t play baseball. Cause and effect is also a text structure/ organizational pattern that presents relationships between ideas in a text. In this method of development, the writer analyzes the reason(s) for an action, event, or decision, or analyzes resulting consequences to support a point.
Comparison
The process of pointing out what two or more things have in common.
Context clues
Unfamiliar words are often surrounded by words or phrases called context clues that help readers understand their meanings. A context clue may be a definition, a synonym, an example, a comparison or a contrast, or any other expression that enables readers to infer the word’s meaning. When readers meet unfamiliar words, context clues narrow the possible word choices, thereby making word identification more accurate.
Inference
The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true; the conclusions drawn from this process.
Text features
Design elements that include the organizational structure of a text and help make the key ideas and supporting information understandable. Text features include headings, text boxes, subheadings, sections, titles, subtitles, italic type, bulleted or numbered lists, and graphic aids, such as charts, tables, timelines, illustrations, and photographs.
Table
A type of graphic aid that presents a group of facts in rows and columns and demonstrates how the facts interrelate.
Simile
A comparison of two things that have some quality in common. In a simile, the comparison is conveyed by means of the word like or as (e.g., She stood in front of the altar, shaking like a freshly caught trout. —Maya Angelou).
Point of view
The vantage point from which a writer tells a story. The three main points of view in literary texts are omniscient, third-person limited, and first person.
Myth
A traditional story, usually of unknown authorship, that deals with basic questions about the universe. Heroes and gods often figure prominently in myths, which may attempt to explain such things as the origin of the world, mysteries of nature, or social customs
