Summarize, Paraphrase, Generalize
Reduce large selections of text. Give a brief statement of the main points (key details) of the text.
Summarize
What are the characteristics (Features) of a Biography and Autobiography?
True Life Story (timeline)
Real Characters, places, and events taking place in the story
Order of events
Sequence
The author wants to amuse you, use humor, narration, and tells a story
Entertain
The author knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character?
Third Person Limited
Restate a writer’s words into one’s own words.
Paraphrase
What are the different characteristics (Features) of a Fable and Fairy Tale?
Fable has a moral to the story
A Fairy tale has queens/kings, princess/prince, and magic
Text provides how something is alike and different
compare and contrast
The author wants to give you facts and information
Inform
The author knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters
Third Person Omniscient
True or False? Opinions can be included in summarizing and paraphrasing
False
What are the characteristics (features) of a tall tale and legend?
They're both orally passed down (folklore/folktale)
They both include exaggeration
The text includes an issue and ways to solve the issue.
problem and solution
The author wants you to visualize person's, place's, or thing's.
Describe
The narrator is a character in the story
First Person
What are the 5 W's you ask yourself to help summarize?
Who, What, When, Where, Why
What pattern will you find in informational text?
Facts or explanation
The text provides an action and an outcome for the action.
cause and effect
The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something
Persuade
The author only knows actions and not the thoughts and feelings of any characters
Third Person Objective
What two things should you cover when creating a summary?
main point and key ideas
What pattern will you find in the genre fiction?
made up characters, made up events
The text provides an argument and data/facts to back up the argument.
claim and evidence
The author want to tell you how to do something or how something works?
Explain
The author is speaking to the reader
Second Person