Vocab and Definitions 1
Details than help support the main idea
Supporting Details
A part of the passage taken directly from the passage and put in your paper. Always uses quotations marks.
Direct Quote
Mrs. S. Open the Passage:
Is this a quote, paraphrase, or summary?
"One local hunter, George Nidever, finally decided he would go and find this mysterious person once
and for all."
Direct Quote
The author uses adjectives and prepositions to describe the topic and main idea.
Descriptive Structure
Details added for tone and mood, but don't support the main idea
Irrelevant Details
Putting the whole passage in your own words, focuses on all of the passage, including the irrelevatn details.
Paraphrasing.
Mrs. S. Open the Passage:
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A local man decided to look for the person on the island. He followed footprints inland and found the woman.
Summary
The author shows the similarities and differences between two different things in the passage.
Compare and Contrast Structure
The overall subject of the passage
Topic
An assumption you make based on what you see
Is shown as: What you know + what you see =
Inferences
Mrs. S. Open the Passage:
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For nearly two decades, local gossip was shared all over that there might still be someone on the island. Though they never saw the mysterious person, hunters would find footprints on the island.
Paraphrase
The author shows the causes and effects in the passage
Cause and Effect Structure
What the author wants us to know about the topic.
A judgment you make based on your assumptions and details.
Is shown as: Inferences + Facts =
Conclusions
Mrs. S. Open the Passage:
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"The hut was constructed out of old whale bones. There he found the lone woman preparing seal meat and wearing a skirt made of animal skins and large
feathers."
Quote
The author shows a problem and solutions for that problem.
Problem and Solution Structure
Putting the passage in your own words while focusing only on the main idea and most important details.
Summarizing
A way to organize your notes in a visual way
Graphic Organizers
Mrs. S. Open the Passage:
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The woman, now almost 50 years old, was happy to see the men and returned to the mainland with them, bringing some of her belongings with her.
Summary
The passage is set up in date or step order.