Fiction Reading
This story element not only tells you where a story is taking place, but can also tell you when. The details of this element might affect the mood of the story.
What is "Setting"
I can use these clues when trying to figure out the meaning of an unknown word.
What are "Context Clues"
This type of text structure features a detailed description of something to give the reader a mental picture.
What is Description
This is the most important part of your written responses. You must have two of them for each paragraph you write.
What are "Details" or "Text Evidence"
When given a passage, article, or story, you should always read this first.
What is the "Directions"
Characters always face these in a story. We can learn a lot about a character by looking at how he/she reacts when they are faced with a ...
What is "problem"
Caption, Diagram, Bold text, Heading, Subheading, Map, Glossary, and Table are all examples of this.
What are "Text Features"
This text structure gives readers a chronological of events or a list of steps in a procedure
What is Chronological or Sequential
This is the first sentence of your short responses. In it, you will restate and answer the question.
What is a "Topic Sentence"
When answering these type of questions, one strategy is to cover up the answers, and try to answer the question without seeing the options.
What is "Multiple Choice"
This is part of a character's behavior and attitude that make up their personality. Unlike feelings, this part is usually a permanent characteristic.
What is a "Character Trait"
One strategy to find the ________________________ of a text is to look for repeated words in a chunk, and make a statement with those words.
What is "Main Idea"
This type of text examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc
What is Compare and Contrast
This type of sentence helps to connect the text evidence to your claim, or topic sentence.
What is "Unpacking Sentence," or "Explaining Sentene.
When asked a question about a specific part of the story (ex: Paragraphs 5-8), you should always do this before answering the question.
What is go back and read that section of the test.
These three words are what readers use to analyze a character's personality. All evidence you need about a character can be found in looking for a character's ...
What are "Actions, Thoughts, and Dialogue"
When I retell a story across my fingers, I am doing this.
What is "Summarizing"
This type of structure sets up a problem or problems, explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of the solution.
What is Problem & Solution
This type of question will ask you to compare a small section of a text to a large idea shown in the whole text.
What is "Part-to-Whole"
When reading a fiction text, this is what you should be marking up.
What are "Story Elements."
The name of the central idea of a story that explains a life lesson, or a message from the author, is called...
What is "Theme"
This type of nonfiction text is written like a story, but also provides information about a topic.
What is "Narrative Nonfiction"
This structure presents the causal relationship between a specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas, or concept that follow.
What is Cause and Effect
This is an important part of writing, especially when you are introducing evidence, or connecting evidence to prompts.
What are "Transitions" or "Transitional Phrases"
When reading a nonfiction text, in addition to just reading the article, you must also pay attention to this.
What are "Text Features"