Authors Purpose
What is the author’s purpose when they try to convince the reader to agree with them?
persuade
What is the main idea?
what the text is mostly about
What is a claim?
The author’s opinion or position
What do you do when you retell only the most important ideas of a text?
Summarizing
What do we call a comparison using “like” or “as”?
Which author’s purpose gives facts or information?
Inform
True or False: Supporting details help explain the main idea.
True
Who is telling the story?
Narrator
What is an educated guess you make based on clues in the text and what you already know?
Inferencing
What is personification?
Giving human traits to non-human things?
If an author tells a story for enjoyment, what is their purpose?
Entertain
What should you remove first when summarizing a text?
unimportant details or examples
What is the sequence of events that happens in a story?
Plot
What should you do if you don't understand something while reading?
Reread, use resources, ask questions, or self-monitor
What is a direct quote from the text?
Text Evidence: an exact word-for-word phrase taken from a source
What clues help you identify an argumentative author’s purpose?
Stating a claim and giving reasons.
Where is the main idea often found in a paragraph?
The beginning or end
What is the lesson or message the author wants readers to learn from the story?
The Theme
What is the most important point or message the author is trying to communicate?
Main Idea
What is it called when you restate information from a text in your own words?
Paraphrase
What are synonyms?
Words with similar meanings
What are antonyms?
Words with opposite meanings
What strategy helps you figure out unknown words using nearby words?
context clues
What does it mean to infer?
Making a smart guess using text evidence
What text structure shows events happening in order?