This means using the exact words from the text to support your thinking.
What is quoting accurately?
This is the lesson or message of a story.
What is theme?
This means telling how things are alike.
What is compare?
This is the perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
This means the meaning of a word or phrase in a text.
What is vocabulary?
You explain why a character feels sad and include a sentence directly from the story. This skill is called…
What is using textual evidence?
If a character learns to never give up, the theme might be…
What is perseverance?
This means telling how things are different.
What is contrast?
If the narrator only knows one character’s thoughts, this affects how events are…
What is described?
Words that create images in your mind are called this.
What is figurative language or imagery?
When you figure out something the author doesn’t say directly but support it with quotes, you are doing this.
What is making an inference?
This step comes after finding important details and character actions.
What is determining the theme?
When comparing two characters, you should use these from the text.
What are specific details?
A story told using “I” is written in this point of view.
What is first person?
The phrase “as busy as a bee” is an example of this.
What is a simile?
Why should you use quotation marks when writing evidence from the text?
What are to show the words come directly from the text?
This means telling the important parts of a story in order without extra details.
What is summarizing?
Comparing a forest and a city in a story is comparing these.
What are settings?
A narrator who knows all characters’ thoughts has this type of point of view
What is third-person?
When an author uses words to create a feeling or mood, this is called…
What is tone?
You are asked: “Why did the character leave home?” You include a line from the story to prove your answer. This shows you can…
What is explain using explicit evidence?
How characters respond to challenges helps you figure out this.
What is the theme?
Looking at how two events happen differently in a story is…
What is contrasting events?
Why does point of view matter in a story?
What is it influences how the reader understands events?
Figuring out the meaning of unknown words using clues in the text is called…
What is using context clues?