Kansas State Reading Assessment

Clues given in a passage as to the meaning of the word.

A dictionary listing of a word giving its meaning

The main part of a word; also called a base word

One or more letters added to the beginning of a root word

that changes the word’s meaning.

One or more letters added to the end of a root word that

changes the word’s meaning.

The shortening of a word or word group by omitting

letters and replacing them with an apostrophe

Explanatory aids in nonfiction text including the title, headings and

subheadings, graphs/charts, pictures/illustrations, captions, sidebars, boldface and italicized words that aid in

the understanding of the text.

A listing by page number of the main topics of a book,

usually found in the front of the book

Word that is darker type than the words around it, used to help signal that the word is more

important than the text around it

Words that are in a slanted type to indicate that a word,

phrase, or sentence is important

An alphabetical listing of key words from a book and their

definitions with page numbers where the word appears

A list, found in the back of a book, giving the location of every important idea, term,

definition, person, and place mentioned in the text

A sentence or phrase written under a picture to tell about

or explain the picture

The title of a passage or text which announces the topic

to be covered, generally printed in bold type for

emphasis

Headings within a text passage which indicate the

topic to be covered, narrower than the focus in the heading

The sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

A conclusion drawn from combining information read

with information from experience or assumed

Making a decision or voicing an opinion based on reasoning or inferring

The patterns or arrangement of ideas in a text passage

A text structure in which one event or action follows

another

A text structure which identifies and describes a

problem and then offers one or more possible solutions

A text structure that explains why things happen

A text structure which explains the similarities

and/or differences of two or more things, ideas, traits, etc.

A text structure using sensory details to create an

image in words

An examination of how two or more things are similar or

alike

An examination of how two or more things are different

Words in sentences or paragraphs that help show

how ideas or paragraphs are organized or structured

Identifies the “WHY” of an event

Identifies the result of a cause

The text type that tells a story or tale including fiction, biography, or autobiography

The text type that seeks to explain or inform

The text type that gives directions or explains a procedure to complete a

specific task

Something that happens

The most important idea in a paragraph or text which is the idea

that the author wants to get across, may be implied or may be found in the first or last sentence

Sentences in a paragraph or piece of text that explain or

support the main idea of the text

The subject of a text passage, the subject about which the author is writing

The author’s reason for creating a piece of writing; to

inform, to entertain, to persuade, to describe, or a

combination of these

An idea that can be proven to be true or false

A personal judgment that someone thinks is true, but

that may be true or false

The most important people in a story

In fiction, where and when a story takes place

In a narrative, the problem of the main character(s)

In a narrative, the solution to the problem of the main

character(s)