READING
DETECTIVES
DETECTIVES
What is the central idea of a text?
The main point or message the author wants the reader to understand.
This is the reason an author writes: to inform, persuade, or entertain.
What is author's purpose?
This type of figurative language compares using 'like' or 'as.'
What is a simile?
This is the position or idea an author wants readers to believe.
What is a claim?
These nearby hints in a sentence or paragraph help readers figure out an unfamiliar word.
What are context clues?
What should you include to prove an answer about a text?
A relevant line or detail from the text, plus an explanation of how it supports the answer.
This describes how ideas are organized, such as time order, comparison, or cause and effect.
What is text structure?
This type of figurative language says one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
This is information used to support a claim.
What is evidence?
This word part is added to the beginning of a base word and can change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
When a text organizes events by time, what structure is it using?
Chronological or time order.
What should you ask about an author's exact words?
What do these words make me think or feel?
This gives human actions or qualities to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
Strong evidence must do these two things: stay on topic and support the claim.
What is strong evidence?
This is the core meaning of a word.
What is a root or base?
What two things do readers combine to make an inference?
Clues from the text and what they already know.
Which Unit 1 text can you use to study word choice and author's purpose?
What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka? or Selfie.
This describes the poet's attitude toward the subject, such as hopeful, angry, or playful.
What is tone?
An opposing view or objection to a claim is called this.
What is a counterargument?
In 'The students shared their ideas,' this pronoun agrees with the plural noun 'students.'
What is 'their'?
Which two Unit 1 texts can you use to practise finding central ideas and supporting evidence?
Brown Girl Dreaming and Selfie: The Changing Face of Self-Portraits
An author includes facts to teach readers about a topic. What is the likely purpose?
To inform.
This is the big life message a poem suggests. It is not just the topic.
What is theme?
Name the four steps for building your own argument.
What is make a clear claim, add relevant evidence, explain your reasoning, and use strong appropriate language.
Name two things to check when revising writing.
Sentence variety/rhythm, punctuation, and precise word choice. Any two.