Reading word of the day

1. Reading word of the day Click on the month.

2. Click on the date for the word of the day. • February

3. February 1 • Word: • metaphor • Definition: • A figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object • http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/metaphor.html

4. February 2 • Word: • Cause/Effect • Definition: • Cause statements stem from actions and events • It rained… • Effect are what happens as a result of the action or event • …so I took my umbrella.

5. February 3 • word • interpret • Definition • making sense or assigning a meaning to

6. February 7 • Word: • Compare/ contrast • Definition: • Compare- how are things the same • Contrast- how are things different

7. February 8 • Word: • sequence • Definition: • To identify logical order of events • http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html

8. February 9 • Word: • Character trait • Definition: • A physical or emotional characteristic of a character • http://s3.amazonaws.com/teachershare.scholastic.com-prod/resource_documents/files/5220/original/traits.pdf?1285279587

9. February 10 • Word: • summarize • Definition: • To capture all the most important parts of the original text but express them in a much shorter space, and as much as possible, in the reader’s own words. • http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/e3topic.cfm?TopicID=119

10. February 11 • Word: • Rising action • Definition: • The part of the story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated.

11. February 14 • Word: • Falling action • Definition: • The part of the story that occurs after the turning point in the story.

12. February 15 • Word: • Cite evidence • Definition: • Use part of the text to provide proof for a statement or idea.

13. February 16 • Word: • Moral • Definition: • Ideas that determine good or bad.

14. February 17 • Word: • theme • Definition: • A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.

15. February 18 • Word • persuade • Definition • To convince another to agree with your idea.

16. February 22 • Word: • symbolism • Definition: • A device in literature where an object represents an idea.

17. February 23 • Word: • Literary Elements • Definition: • The essential techniques used in literature (characterization, setting, plot, theme)

18. February 24 • Word: • Author’s intent • Definition: • The author’s intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince their audience to do or not to do something. • http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filename=kderitteauth

19. February 25 • Word: • Logical order • Definition: • An order of events in a literary work that makes sense.

20. February 28 • Word: • exaggeration • Definition: • To make an overstatement or to stretch the truth.