UNRREAL
The "U" in UNRREAL.
Underline the Title
This type of question will give you words that help you see the story in your head. The clues are "visualize", "details", "best shows", and "vivid".
Five Senses (5S)
When you come to a fictional summary question what two things do you do to attack it. WE NEVER GUESS!
Use BME and look for evidence!
What is the Stamp for author's purpose?
PIE or AP or PIEED
When I get to a paired passage what should I jot down after reading each passage?
The main idea so I don't forget what it was about.
The second "R" in UNRREAL
Read the question and underline the key words.
This type of question asks you about the characters actions, reactions, thoughts,& feelings.
Character / Person drawn in a circle.
From: A Caterpillar's Tale : Which of the following is the best summary of paragraphs 1 through 9?
Summary BME
When you are looking at an authors purpose question what should you highlight in the answer choices?
The verbs like "shows,help,describe,explain"
What chart or thinking map can I use to keep the two passages separate and see the similarities and differences?
A Venn Diagram, A double bubble, or a T chart.
Always look for evidence.
This type of question asks you to tell what mainly happened or asks what the paragraph was mainly about.
Main Idea
Is this Summary (BME) or is it Main Idea (MI)?
The Excerpt is mostly about...?
Main Idea
Sometimes Author's Purpose questions don't go by the name "Author" they go by who in a Poem , and who in a Play/ Reader's Theater?
Poet
Playwright
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
You are looking for similarities and differences.
Joey underlined the title, boxed his paragraph numbers, and then read the passage annotating and drawing text emojis, then he answered the questions and moved on to the next passage. What did Joey forget to do?
He forgot to highlight important words in the questions, make stamps, and look for evidence.
This type of question uses clue words like "events", "causes", "What happens when...", "after" , "before, and you have to draw a flow map with two boxes with an arrow in between.
Cause and Effect
True or False: If I am doing BME I would go back and find each part before writing Beginning, Middle , and End next to each answer choice.
TRUE
What does PIE stand for ?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
True or False:
In a paired passage it is not important to look carefully to see which photograph or illustration to go to .
False
As long as you do the work and look back for this you will get almost every question correct.
Hint: The opposite of this is to not do the work and just guess.
Look for EVIDENCE!
This type of question asks you to look for "differences" , "similarities" , or both, and it usually after a paired passage.
Compare and Contrast / Venn Diagram
When looking for the main idea what are the TWO pro tips for finding it?
Look in the first and last sentence and look for repeated words/phrases.
What is a playwright? Who is a narrator?
In a paired passage what question sets come first, second, and then third?
Answer like this:
First:
Second:
Third:
First: Passage Ones Questions
Second: Passage Two's Questions
Third: Both Passages Questions