Reading Skills_FIfth Grade_NC

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The way a piece of writing is organized. Can be

chronological order, main ideas with supporting details,

or as relationships such as cause and effect, problem and

solution, and compare and

contrast.

What Skill am I???1.

The actions you take to make

something or to reach a goal.

Something that shows information visually.

Such as pictures, charts, graphs, and

The order in which things

happen.

The most important idea

about the topic.

The important events that happen in a story. It has a conflict, rising

action, climax, an outcome.

The reason or reasons an

author has for writing.

Tells a person’s ideas or feelings. It cannot

be proved true or false, but it can be supported

or explained.

What Skill do these clue words help?9.

then, after, during,

meanwhile

Telling how two or more things are different.

Making a statement about what several

people or things have in common.

Something that can be proved true or false.

Can be proved by checking reference books, observing,

measuring and so on.

The villain or bad person of the

story. The one that causes

trouble.

Explaining something in

your own words.

A long speech by one person in a group. A

play for a single actor. Part of a play in which a single actor speaks

alone.

People or animals in stories. You can

learn about them by noticing what they think, say, and do.

The time and place in which

a story happens.

Event or outcome which is the opposite of what is expected.Ex. The tallest

person was called “shorty.” The farmers had rain when they

needed sun, and sun when they needed rain.

Words in parenthesis that tell the actors how

to speak, where to walk and other actions

to take in a drama.

To persuade

To inform

To entertain

To express

Creating a picture in your mind as

you read.

When a character thinks about an event of the past. It takes

the reader back to this previous event.

Words that can help you figure

out a word that is unfamiliar to you.

The hero/helper of the story. The “good” person.

Telling how two or more things

are alike.

An underlying meaning or

message of a story. Can be

lessons, or generalizations.

Tells more about the main idea.

Giving a statement about what you think might happen next in

the story.

When you form opinions based on facts and details from the story.

Tells why something happens.

Telling just the main ideas of an article or the plot

of a story.

A short sketch that contains

humor or satire. (sarcasm, irony,

wit, ridicule)

The way an author thinks about the

subject of his or her writing. Unbalanced/

biased OR

Balanced writing.

Forming opinions about someone or

something.

To take the reader to a future event while reading a

story. To look into the future.

happens

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