Summary
How do I write a summary?
Use B-M-E,beginning,middle,and end.
What are the three authors purposes?
PIE, Persuade, Inform and Entertain.
What are some books can you find a theme in?
Fairy Tales,and Fables.
What are text clues?
Headings,first or last sentances,and repeated words are all text clues.
What point of view uses the pronoun I and me?
First person.
What is the first step to making a good summary?
Find headings and subheadings.
What does authors purpose mean?
The reason why he or she wrote the text.
If you cant figure out the theme what do you do?
Figure out what the character learned.
What is a synonym for central idea?
Main idea of the text.
What point of view uses he she,or they?
Third Person.
Main or Small details?
Main details
How do you find the authors purpose?
Find out the genre and ask questions and find the answers.
What is theme?
The message,moral or lesson of the story.
What are evaluating details?
Examples,facts,evidence,and description.
An autobiography is an example of what?
A first person story.
What are the last two steps of summarizing?
Write a short topic sentence and combine topic sentences into a short summary.
Why do you need to know the authors purpose?
It helps you recognize the book.
How do you find theme?
Theme is what the character learned in the story.
What is the central idea of this columns?
To teach you central idea
Rylee is writing an essay about George Washington.What point of view is this?
Third person.
How many steps of summarizing are there and what are they?
There are four steps,the first one is find heading and subheadings,the second one is find main ideas and remove unnecessary information,the third one is write your topic sentence,the fourth one is combine topic sentences into a short summary.
What is authors purpose?
Authors purpose is explaining why the author wrote the passage or story.
PIE: Persuade,Inform,Entertain
Where can theme be stated
In the text.
How do I idenify the central idea?
Look at important sentences in the text
Jayla says that if you write a biography about someone else you should write in Third person. Is she right?
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!