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!