analyze - To carefully examine all parts of an issue, event, or text., infer/draw conclusions - use background knowledge and test evidence to figure out something the author does not say in the text. Read between the lines., describe - tell all about it, give the characteristics of something , summarize - give a shortened version of the text, tell the main ideas in a few sentences, sum it up, explain - make something clear or easy to understand , evaluate - rate, grade, score, judge , support - back up an answer or opinion with details , predict - tell what will happen next , compare - look for ways that two or more things are the same , contrast - look for ways that two or more things are different , cite - use the words from a text when finding text evidence , demonstrate - show how to do or make something , identify - tell who someone is or what something is , sequence - put things or events in order , define - tell the meaning of a word or phrase , figurative language - fancy phrases, terms, and words they are meant to not be taken literally and used to make reading fun and enjoyable , conclusion - a statement made about the reading as a whole , point of view - who is telling the story , main idea - the main point an author is making in a story , theme - the lesson the author wants the reader to learn from a story , fact - true statements , opinion - make up statements to convince a reader to side with the author , central problem - main conflict in a story , conflict - problem characters are facing in a story , fiction - not real story , nonfiction - real story with real facts, details, and events , resolution - how the conflict gets solved in a story and how a story ends, plot - story elements (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) ,

5th Grade Reading SOL Test Prep Terms

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