MAIN IDEA
This is the central message or overall point of a text.
What is the main idea?
This skill involves using clues from the text and prior knowledge to understand unstated ideas.
What is inference?
This refers to the author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
These are hints within a sentence that help define unknown words.
What are context clues?
This structure presents events in time order.
What is chronological order?
This type of detail directly supports the central idea with facts or examples.
What is a supporting detail?
This is what a reader does when a character shivers and they conclude the character is cold.
What is making an inference?
This is the feeling experienced by the reader.
What is mood?
This type of context clue gives a direct meaning of the word.
What is a definition clue?
This structure explains why something happens and its result.
What is cause and effect?
This strategy involves looking for repeated ideas and key details to determine meaning.
What is finding the main idea?
These two elements are needed to make a strong inference.
What are text evidence and prior knowledge?
This type of mood is created by words like “dark,” “gloomy,” and “silent.”
What is a sad or eerie mood?
This type of clue provides examples to help define a word.
What is an example clue?
This structure presents an issue and how it is resolved.
What is problem and solution?
This occurs when the author expects the reader to figure out the central idea on their own.
What is an implied main idea?
What is an implied main idea?
This is the reason authors sometimes leave ideas unstated.
What is to encourage readers to infer?
This element is shaped by diction and word choice.
What is tone?
This strategy helps readers determine meaning without using a dictionary.
What is using context clues?
This structure highlights similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
This is the difference between what a text is about and what it says about that topic.
What is the difference between topic and main idea?
This deeper understanding of a text comes from combining evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
This explains the difference between how the author feels and how the reader feels.
What is tone vs. mood?
This is the meaning of “famished” in a sentence that includes the word “starving.”
What is extremely hungry?
This is the reason authors organize texts in specific ways.
What is to help readers understand information?