Reading for Meaning Flashcards

Read: 'After the long journey, the travelers were famished.' Using context, what does 'famished' mean?

Answer: Extremely hungry

After a long journey, needing food is a natural result, so 'famished' means extremely hungry.

A poem contains the line: 'The wind whispered secrets through the trees.' What literary device is this?

Answer: Personification

Giving the wind a human action—'whispered secrets'—is personification.

Which text structure is used when a passage explains how one event causes another to happen?

Answer: Cause and effect

Cause and effect structure explains how one event (cause) leads to another event (effect).

A passage includes both facts and opinions. Which of the following is an OPINION?

Answer: The Eiffel Tower is the most beautiful structure in the world.

Calling something 'the most beautiful' is a personal judgment that cannot be proven, making it an opinion.

What does it mean to 'make a prediction' while reading?

Answer: Using clues in the text to guess what might happen next

Making a prediction means using evidence from the text to form a reasonable guess about future events.

In a story, the setting is described as 'a crumbling, fog-covered mansion on a dark hilltop.' What mood does this setting create?

Answer: Eerie and mysterious

Words like 'crumbling,' 'fog-covered,' and 'dark' create an eerie and mysterious mood.

Which of the following best describes the difference between a theme and a topic in a story?

Answer: Theme is a broad lesson or message; topic is the general subject

The topic is the general subject (e.g., friendship), while the theme is the deeper message or lesson (e.g., true friends support each other).