What's the Big Idea?
This is the main point the author is making about the text.
What is MAIN IDEA?
This helps a reader to determine the meaning of a word while reading.
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
When making inferences, use these two things.
What is TEXT EVIDENCE and BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE?
Seven sisters slept soundly on the sand.
This is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is: Alliteration?
Be sure to manage this, so that you complete your test.
What is TIME?
This tells the reader more information about the main idea.
What are DETAILS?
Something in the refrigerator is so putrid, a wave of odor wafted out when we opened the door.
Putrid means...
What is A VERY TERRIBLE SMELL?
The waterfall created a ______ stream of water into the lake.
The missing word is:
A)subsequent
B)continuous
C)marvel
What is B)continuous?
*Without interruption or end
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
Explain..
What is: I've told you over and over to clean your room?
(hyperbole)
You should do this if you come to an answer to a question while reading the text.
What is STOP AND ANSWER IT?
Today, giant pandas are at risk of becoming extinct. Only about 1,000 giant pandas are left in the wild. All of these inhabit a small area in the bamboo forests of China. About 140 live in captivity. It is one of the most severely endangered species in the world.
The topic of this paragraph is...
What are GIANT PANDAS?
This painting of the landscape is picturesque, while the one of the old house is just plain ugly.
The meaning of picturesque is...
What is PRETTY?
A mother is pushing a cart through the grocery store. A little girl, around three years old, is sitting in the cart. The girl reaches for a brightly-colored box, and the mother gently takes it away from her. The girl begins to cry.
I can infer...
a) The little girl is frustrated and wanted to keep the box.
b) The mother accidently hurt the girl when she took away the box.
c) The box contained laundry detergent
What is
a) The little girl is frustrated and wanted to keep the box?
Time is money.
Explain...
What is: Time is valuable, just like money.
(metaphor)
TRUE or FALSE? You should highlight these words when analyzing the text: Reading words, words to define, paragraph numbers, and names.
What is TRUE?
Today, giant pandas are at risk of becoming extinct. Only about 1,000 giant pandas are left in the wild. All of these inhabit a small area in the bamboo forests of China. About 140 live in captivity. It is one of the most severely endangered species in the world.
The main idea of this paragraph is...
What is GIANT PANDAS ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING EXTINCT?
The crime he committed was egregious; he’ll never recover from this horrendous scandal.
egregious is...
What is VERY, VERY BAD?
inept means...
A) skilled
B) competent
C) without skill
What is: C)without skill?
The radio suddenly stopped singing and stared at me.
Explain...
What is: The radio stopped playing music. It was silent or turned off, or maybe it stopped working.
(personification)
Always use this to help you answer a question on the Reading EOG...
What is TEXT EVIDENCE?
Working dogs are amazing animals specially trained to protect people and to make life easier for them. Some working dogs act as eyes for blind people, ears for the hearing impaired, and helpers for the physically challenged. Others help ranchers protect and move sheep and cattle from place to place. Police dogs help officers catch criminals, find illegal drugs and weapons. Search dogs are trained to find disaster victims and missing people.
TWO Main Ideas of this paragraph are:
A)There are many types of working dogs and working dogs help people in different ways
B)There are very few types of working dogs and working dogs can be harmful to some people.
C)There are many types of working dogs and working dogs are extremely expensive
What is A)THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF WORKING DOGS AND WORKING DOGS HELP PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS?
The 5 types of context clues an author may give the reader...
What are: definition, example, synonym, antonym, and inference
The antonym of this word is joy.
A)anguish
B)intimidate
C)painstaking
What is: A)anguish
*Anguish means extreme suffering or pain
That car cost her an arm and a leg at the dealership.
Explain...
What is: The car was very, very expensive?
(Idiom)
The steps that can increase your accuracy on the Reading EOG... (give 3 or more)
What are: Read the title, Analyze the Questions, Read the text, Answer the questions, Eliminate wrong choices, use text evidence