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| A summary explains the most important ideas that are in something you read. Usually, a summary contains the main idea and 2 or 3 important supporting details that explain what you have just read is about. |
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| putting dates or events in the correct order from begining to end, or vice-versa. |
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| The way YOU fell about a topic. May begin with I feel, I like, I think, etc. |
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| A statement that can be proven true. |
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| Drawing Conclusions/Conclude |
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| Pull out important details from the selection to decide what the author is saying. |
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| Reading all the clues and making your best guess |
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| If something is "valid" it is true. The author will often mention facts, ideas, names, etc. to add to a topic to prove it is true. |
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| The author is trying to tell you something, or persuade you, but they don't come out and say it. You have to figure it out. |
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| When you are trying to figure out the definition of a word, use the words or phrases that are in the same sentence as the word, or use the sentences around the word. |
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| The main idea is the main reason that the story was written |
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| When you make or have your own opinion based on what you've read. |
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| The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature. |
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| The lesson expressed in a selection. |
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| Which word best describes.... this type of question requires you to use the information and facts given in the selection and choose the answer. (More than 1 answer may be right, but you are looking for the answer with the most supporting facts.) |
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| WHY the author writes the selection: inform (give information), persuade (they want you to do something), entertain (you like reading the selection), and express (to describe and give vivid detail). |
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| The people or animals in the selection. They could be fiction or non-fiction. |
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| Where (place/area) and when (date/time) the selection takes place. |
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| Words or phrases that describe chracters. You can come up with these traits by what the character's actions, words and thoughts. |
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| Telling what 2 things have in common (the same). |
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| Telling what 2 things have different. |
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| Words are often put in italics because you may need to refer to them late, they may be important, or it may be the title of something. |
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| The most important part or point the author is trying to make. |
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| These type of questions require you to use the information in the selection to answer find the answer. |
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| A difference between what is said and what is meant. |
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| Figurative language or speech contains images. It is not taken literally (for real). The writer or speaker describes something through the use of unusual comparisons, for effect, interest, and to make things clearer. The result of using this technique is the creation of interesting images. |
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| Effect is what happened after a situation. |
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| Why something happened during a situation. What caused something to happen. |
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| Finding a relationship between a group of words. (Dog is to ruff, and cat is to meow.) |
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| The message of a selection is the moral, or hwat the author is trying to teach, like a lesson. |
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| What will probably occur or happen based on the information given. |
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