TABE Reading Terms questions with
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Analogies - correct answer ✔✔ Compare the relationship between one pair of words to the
relationship between another pair of words. Example finger : hand :: toe : foot This is read
finger is to hand as toe is to foot What is the relationship? part to whole
Homophones - correct answer ✔✔ Words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have
different meanings. Example: here and hear
Synonyms - correct answer ✔✔ Words with meanings that are the same or near the same.
Example: noisy and loud
Antonyms - correct answer ✔✔ Words that have opposite meanings Example: dirty and clean
Context clue - correct answer ✔✔ It is the words, phrases, and sentences that surround a word
in the passage being read. Context can give you clues to the word's meaning.
Similes - correct answer ✔✔ A figure of speech in which one object or idea is compared with
another in order to suggest that they are alike. It always uses the word like or as in its
description.
Metaphor - correct answer ✔✔ It compares one thing to another. It metaphor does not use like
or as, it says that one thing is something else.
Onomatopoetic - correct answer ✔✔ Words that sound like the actual sounds they name.
Example: clang kerplunk
, Identifying Details - correct answer ✔✔ They are important because they support the main idea
of a paragraph or passage. They can define a topic and they can explain a fact or idea.
Sequence - correct answer ✔✔ The order in which events happen in the passage. One way
writers convey sequence is by using words that indicate order, such as first, next, then, this time,
before, after, and finally.
Stated concepts - correct answer ✔✔ The ideas in a passage are clearly stated and sometimes
are used to help figure out the ideas.
The five W's - correct answer ✔✔ Who, What, Where, When, Why
Homograph - correct answer ✔✔ A word that is spelled the same as another word but has a
different origin and meaning. Example arm that is on the body and arm that means firearm or
weapon
Syllogism - correct answer ✔✔ A form of reasoning made up of two statements and a
conclusion. Example: All infants cry at times.
Will is an infant.
Will cries at times. (Conclusion)
Characters - correct answer ✔✔ The people who take part in the events of a work of fiction, for
example, a short story or a novel.
Character Traits - correct answer ✔✔ Personality, or how the characters act in the story. They be
selfish, generous, cheerful, moody, cruel, kind, etc.
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔ A simplified character who conforms to a fixed pattern of
behavior or is defined by a single trait. Example: athlete, grandparent, movie star, college
professor, etc.
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Analogies - correct answer ✔✔ Compare the relationship between one pair of words to the
relationship between another pair of words. Example finger : hand :: toe : foot This is read
finger is to hand as toe is to foot What is the relationship? part to whole
Homophones - correct answer ✔✔ Words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have
different meanings. Example: here and hear
Synonyms - correct answer ✔✔ Words with meanings that are the same or near the same.
Example: noisy and loud
Antonyms - correct answer ✔✔ Words that have opposite meanings Example: dirty and clean
Context clue - correct answer ✔✔ It is the words, phrases, and sentences that surround a word
in the passage being read. Context can give you clues to the word's meaning.
Similes - correct answer ✔✔ A figure of speech in which one object or idea is compared with
another in order to suggest that they are alike. It always uses the word like or as in its
description.
Metaphor - correct answer ✔✔ It compares one thing to another. It metaphor does not use like
or as, it says that one thing is something else.
Onomatopoetic - correct answer ✔✔ Words that sound like the actual sounds they name.
Example: clang kerplunk
, Identifying Details - correct answer ✔✔ They are important because they support the main idea
of a paragraph or passage. They can define a topic and they can explain a fact or idea.
Sequence - correct answer ✔✔ The order in which events happen in the passage. One way
writers convey sequence is by using words that indicate order, such as first, next, then, this time,
before, after, and finally.
Stated concepts - correct answer ✔✔ The ideas in a passage are clearly stated and sometimes
are used to help figure out the ideas.
The five W's - correct answer ✔✔ Who, What, Where, When, Why
Homograph - correct answer ✔✔ A word that is spelled the same as another word but has a
different origin and meaning. Example arm that is on the body and arm that means firearm or
weapon
Syllogism - correct answer ✔✔ A form of reasoning made up of two statements and a
conclusion. Example: All infants cry at times.
Will is an infant.
Will cries at times. (Conclusion)
Characters - correct answer ✔✔ The people who take part in the events of a work of fiction, for
example, a short story or a novel.
Character Traits - correct answer ✔✔ Personality, or how the characters act in the story. They be
selfish, generous, cheerful, moody, cruel, kind, etc.
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔ A simplified character who conforms to a fixed pattern of
behavior or is defined by a single trait. Example: athlete, grandparent, movie star, college
professor, etc.
