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ReadingVocabulary
ReviewPart 2
Choose the bestanswer for each
reading definition.
A figure of speech in which 2 unlike things are compared
using like or as.
simile metaphor
excerpt hyperbole
1
The main topic of a paragraph that tells what all
the sentences are about.
plot main idea
climax genre
2
A chart or list of vocabularywords and their definitionsfound in a story or article.
table of contents selection
idiom word bank
3
A person who writes poems.
narrator genre
personification poet
4
Words that show how 2things that are not alike are
similar in one important way.
excerpt simile
metaphor idiom
5
A type of writing.For example: biography,
fantasy, fiction, nonfiction.
genre poet
conflict prefix
6
Someone who tellsa story.
mood personification
narrator author’s purpose
7
An item or name used toidentify something
or someone.
plot genre
heading label
8
A passage or segmenttaken from a longer work.
resolve word bank
suffix excerpt
9
Words used to indicateor show the speaker’sattitude or feelings.
poet mood
personification selection
10
Why did the authorwrite the story?
To persuade, to inform, to entertain?
heading mood
personification author’s purpose
11
Something in written formthat tells a story or
provides information.
plot genre
passage simile
12
The title, subtitle, or topicthat stands at the top or
beginning of a letter, chapter,or graph.
genre summary
evaluate heading
13
This is the turning pointof the story. It begins toreveal how the conflict
will be solved.
theme climax
metaphor summary
14
This is an important ideaexpressed in the story.
It is the main idea behind the story.
result mood
conflict theme
15
An expression whosemeanings cannot be inferred
from the meanings of its words.(It’s raining cats and dogs.)
idiom hyperbole
metaphor simile
16
Sentences or facts thatsupport and provide moredetail about the main idea.
opinion mood
personification supporting detail
17
The series of events or the action in the story. It’s what
happened in the story.
plot genre
selection simile
18
A figure of speech in whichan idea, object, or animal
is given the qualitiesof a person.
metaphor idiom
personification author’s purpose
19
One or two sentences that tell the main points
of the story.
plot climax
heading summary
20
So how didyou do?
Should youtry again?
Be sure to knowthese words!You will betested on
them!