To create a vivid mental image, one would do this.
What is to describe?
100
Design or develop a solution; create.
What is formulate?
200
These tell too much information and should be avoided in a summary.
What are minor details?
200
This action is what inferences are based on.
What is reading between the lines?
200
This tells how two things are different.
What is contrast?
200
This is what I would do if someone only wanted the facts.
What is explain?
200
You should always use this in a prediction. It gives a backbone you your answer.
What is support?
300
These should always be included in a summary.
What are main ideas?
300
This is the process of following something from beginning to end.
What is trace(ing)?
300
This kind of diagram shows how two things are alike and different.
What is a Venn Diagram? (or T-chart)
300
If I told my teacher that I was late because I missed my bus, this is what I would have done.
What is explained?
300
When we use information from the text to guess what will happen next or to draw conclusions, we do this.
What is predict?
400
You should always include this as the last part in a summary.
What is a conclusion?
400
We may do this with the plots of our stories.
What is tracing?
400
I would do this if I wanted to point out the similarities between two things.
What is compare?
400
If I told my teacher that I was late becausemy dog jumped on me and made me spill my cereal, then I had to change clothes, and then I missed the bus, and that is why I was late, this is what I did.
What is to explain?
400
This is Mr. Manion's favorite sport, and how many innings are in a game of this sport.
What is baseball? What are 9 innings?
500
These six questions should be answered in a summary.
What is who, what, where, when, how, and why?
500
These are conclusions that you can draw while reading, produced by looking deeper at the text (not always written out).
What are inferences?
500
If I were to do ________ apples and oranges, I would tell how apples are red and oranges are orange.
What is contrast.
500
The details matter when giving one of these.
What is description (describe)?
500
When we break down the text into smaller parts, we do this.