Reading

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Reading Language Arts Vocabulary

• Aligning with Pennsylvania Department of
  Education Assessment Anchors
• R5.A (Understanding) and R5.B (Literary Devices)
• Created by Caryn Dingman
• November 2010

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Kinds of Sentences
declarative
statement (tells something)
end sentence with a period
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Kinds of Sentences
interrogative
question (asks something)
end sentence with a question mark
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Kinds of Sentences
exclamatory
exclamation (shows excitement)
end sentence with an exclamation mark
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Kinds of Sentences
imperative
command
telling someone to do something
end sentence with a period
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Figurative Language
simile
compares 2 things
uses like or as
example Fall is like a lumpy pumpkin.
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Figurative Language
metaphor
compares 2 things
says one thing is the other thing
example The cloud is a fluffy cotton ball in the
sky.
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Figurative Language
hyperbole
an exaggeration
example My parents told me a million times to
clean my room.
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Figurative Language
personification
gives human qualities or characteristics to
things that are not human
example The rocks guarded the entrance to the
cove.
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Figurative Language
alliteration
the repeating of beginning consonant sounds in
words near each other in a sentence or phrase
example rabbits running over roses
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Parts of a Sentence
simple subject
the who or what of a sentence
noun or pronoun
person, place, or thing
example Rachel loves her new apartment!
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Parts of a Sentence
simple predicate
what the who or what of sentence is doing
verb
shows action in the sentence
example Rachel loves her new apartment!
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synonym
a word having the same (or almost the same)
meaning as another word
examples big and huge funny and hilarious
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antonym
a word having the opposite meaning as another
word
examples cold and hot permit and forbid
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homophone
words that are pronounced the same way
have different meanings
have different spellings
examples there and their blue and blew
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prefix
letters placed BEFORE a root word
changes the root words meaning
example unwrap reread preview
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suffix
letters placed AFTER a root word
changes the root words meaning
example successful farmer quickly
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affix
a prefix OR a suffix
attached to a root word
changes the meaning OR changes the part of
speech
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context clues
using words or sentences around a word you
dont know
help you figure out an unfamiliar words meaning
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inferential
using a hint or suggestion from the authors
writing
helps you form a conclusion
sometimes called reading between the lines
example I think Ill take my umbrella to work
today.
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point of view
the way an author tells about characters,
events, or ideas
first person main character is telling story
third person someone outside the story is
telling about it