Message
What is a topic?
What is a universal concept often presented as a single word.
True or false, inference is the same as an educated guess?
What is true.
What are the three types of connection you can make?
What is text to self, text to text, and text to world.
What does the "elements of writing" refer to?
What is how the story is written.
True or false, themes are the plot of the story?
What is false.
What is the formula for making an inference?
What is the goal of making connections?
What is to increase understanding.
What are the two types of elements?
What are big narrative and small literary elements
What do theme and thesis have in common?
What is they are both the message of the text.
What is the author's opinion on a topic.
What should you avoid when making connections?
What are surface level connections.
What elements add style?
What is small literary elements?
What is the formula for message (aka theme)?
What is topic + author's opinion = universal life lesson.
What are four things you can infer about?
What is characters, setting, conflict, and plot.
What are connections to emotions or human nature.
What is they are the building blocks (foundation) of stories.
How many big words can you have in a thematic statement?
What is 3-5.
When it comes to characters, what are the two main things you can infer about?
What is their motivations and reactions.
What does a text to world connection require?
What is research.
What do we analyse the elements of writing?
What is to understand their impact on the story?