Main Idea/Supporting Details
Facts, details, and quotes directly from the reading used to prove how two elements interacted.
Textual Evidence
The term for a summary that remains completely neutral, unbiased, and focused only on facts.
Objective.
To find how an idea influenced an individual, a reader should ask this question about the person's actions.
"Why did they do it" or 'What motivated them?"
If a passage describes a character shivering, zipping up a heavy coat, and seeing their breath in the air, you can infer this about the setting's temperature.
Cold or freezing.
The base word of "disagreement."
"agree"
The broad subject of a text, usually expressible in just one or two words.
The primary sentence in an informational passage that helps you determine the core focus for your summary.
Transitional words like because, therefore, as a result, and led to signal this type of text relationship.
If a narrative states that a student repeatedly glares at the clock, taps their pencil rapidly, and packs their bag 10 minutes before the bell rings, a reader can infer this emotional state.
Anxious, impatient, or eager to leave.
What do we call a story's main message, lesson, or moral?
Theme.
A main idea that is not directly stated in the text and must be inferred using clues.
Implied.
Rephrasing an author's original words into your own vocabulary without changing the meaning.
The term for the broader result or influence an invention or decision has on the world.
Impact
The dog stood at the back door with his tail wagging furiously, holding his red rubber leash in his mouth. Every time his owner moved near the closet where the coats were hung, the dog gave a soft whine and tapped his front paws on the rug.
The dog wants to go outside for a walk.
What figure of speech uses extreme exaggeration for effect, such as "I've told you a million times"?
Hyperbole.
A main idea that is clearly stated in the text is called what?
A stated main idea.
Read the statement: "This was the best book ever written." Subjective or Objective?
Subjective.
Show me the Interaction Flow Chart!
Idea to Individual to Response/Impact
The chef sliced into the steak, pulled back a corner, and immediately pushed the plate away with a groan. He grabbed a marker, aggressively drew a red 'X' on the ticket hanging above the pass, and shouted toward the line, "Fire another ribeye, table four, right now!"
The steak was cooked incorrectly. (undercooked or overcooked.)
What literary device occurs when the audience or reader knows an important piece of information that the characters do not?
Dramatic Irony.
Mateo grabbed his heavy mitt, zipped up his padded chest protector, and adjusted his face mask before trotting out to crouch behind home plate.
He is the catcher in a baseball or softball game.
The core concept that ties an entire passage together and must be included in any summary.
The central/main idea.
Words that modify nouns or pronouns by describing them (such as bright, noisy, or calm) belong to this part of speech.
Adjectives.
"Maya stepped up to the front of the auditorium. Her hands were shaking so hard she almost dropped her paper, and a cold sweat broke out across her forehead. But when the judge called her name, she smiled brightly, stood up tall, and delivered her speech in a loud, steady voice that filled the room."
How was Maya feeling right before she began speaking?
Nervous fearful, or scared.
Identify all the prepositions in the following sentence: "Throughout the afternoon, the cat slept peacefully under the porch behind our house."
Under, behind, and throughout.