Comprehension Strategies
Beginning Middle and End
What is summary.
Background Knowledge + _____=Inference
What is Text Clues...Text Evidence
A fictional story that could be real.
What is Realistic Fiction.
The authors message.
What is Theme.
Conversation that happens between people.
What is dialogue.
When the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of all the characters
What is Third-person omniscient ?
Another word for background knowledge
What is Schema.
Informational or expository text.
What is Nonfiction.
Words or word that helps you understand something that may challenge you.
What is Context Clues
The time order in which things happen
What is chronological order?
provides information such as time and place of the story or description of the setting
What is stage directions?
Perhaps... I predict... My guess is... I infer...
What is inferring sentence stems.
A story told orally and passed on to generation to generation.
What is Legend.
Your proof or justification in reading.
What is Text Evidence.
An extreme exaggeration. (Ex: It felt like a million years.)
What is Hyperbole.
When the author describes something so well that you get a picture in your head?
What is imagery?
When your thinking goes beyond the text?
What is drawing conclusions.
Can be written in many different styles, but in questions the author will always be referred to as the speaker.
What is Poetry.
the events in a story
What is Plot
Indicates future events to take place.
What is foreshadowing.
Name four possible strategies to enhance your comprehension.
What is THIEVES, SMILE, STOP AND JOT (SAY SOMETHING), Previewing Questions
Why do we preview a text?
What is to build background knowledge.
a play that tells a story through the words and actions of characters
What is Drama?
When language does not mean its literal meanings.
What is Figurative Language.
Give an example of five onomatopoeias.
What is Boom, Crack, Pop, Snap, Crunch. (answers will very)