Vocab/Context Clues
What does the prefix un- mean?
not
In cause and effect, what is an effect?
a result, what happens due to the cause
___________ + ___________ = an inference
Prior knowledge + evidence = an inference
What is central idea?
What the text is mostly about
You must always cite _________ to support your ideas!
evidence
What does immense mean?
The cost of fixing the house has been immense.
extremely large or great
If I have two texts to read, I will probably need to ____________ and ___________ them.
Compare and contrast
Make an inference:
Kaley wasn't feeling good on Monday. On Tuesday, she wasn't at school. Why wasn't she at school?
She was still sick
What is theme?
The message, lesson, or moral that the author wants the reader to learn
Name 2 types of author's purpose that are not persuade, inform, and entertain.
Educate, describe, convince, teach, argue, prove
What does recede mean?
After the flood, we had to wait for the waters to recede before we could go back home.
go or move back or further away
An author uses _____________ ______________ to describe events in a sequence.
chronological order
Make an inference:
John was driving on the highway. After a while, his car made a sputtering noise and slowly came to a stop. What happened to John's car?
His car ran out of gas
What is author's claim (author's argument)?
The belief or opinion an author has which they back up (support) with evidence.
What are two things that supporting details help with?
Central idea and summarizing
What does the prefix mis- mean?
wrongly, badly, incorrect
What are the 5 types of text structures?
Description, compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, sequence/chronological
What is schema?
background knowledge about a topic
What is character's perspective?
How the character views the world around them, using the character's speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions/behaviors, and looks.
What is the space between stanzas called?
line break
What does the suffix -ness mean?
A state of being or condition
What are signal words?
clues about how the author is organizing the text
Make an inference:
Ms. Vice was doing data chats during class. Samantha was giggling with her classmate, Josh. Then, Ms. Vice called Samantha up. When she returned to her seat, Josh tried to play around with her, but she wasn't in the mood. She put her head down on the desk and covered her face.
She wasn't happy with her scores/how the data chat went.
What is author's perspective?
The way an author feels about something - most common in informational text
Name 3 types of figurative language that are NOT simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole.
Alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, idiom