RL 5.1 & RI 5.1
These are made by using background knowledge and text evidence to support a conclusion.
What are inferences?
Any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.
What are characters?
This type of text informs the reader about key events and important people from the past.
What is a historical text?
A group of words found in a text.
What is a phrase?
When you are word mapping to determine the meaning of an unknown word, you decompose the word. The beginning part of the word is called...
What is a prefix?
These are words or phrases found in the text that help us answer questions.
What are details?
The sequence of events that take place in a story or drama.
What is the plot?
This type of text informs the reader about different ideas and concepts in science.
What is a scientific text?
These are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult word.
What are context clues?
When you are word mapping to determine the meaning of an unknown word, you decompose the word. The last part of the word is called...
What is a suffix?
I am doing this when I state the author's exact words.
What is quoting?
The place, time, and environment of a story or drama.
What is setting?
This type of text informs the reader about a specific topic. This text generally give directions on how to do something.
What is a technical text?
This is the use of words that go beyond their literal meaning.
What is figurative language?
Academic words and domain-specific words can be found in what type of text? Fiction or Nonfiction?
What is nonfiction?
Using quotes from specific parts of the text in order to support thoughts and ideas.
(Hint: 2 words)
What is text evidence?
Adjectives which describe a character based on his or her actions.
What are character traits?
The following are examples of this type of text: non-fiction science books, science magazines, research websites, newspapers.
What is a scientific text?
The attitude that the author uses to describe the subject or topic.
What is tone?
What text features in a nonfiction text can help you determine the meaning of unknown words?
What are the title, section headers, captions, bold words?
Ideas written in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
(Hint: 2 words; first word starts with the letter "e")
What are explicit details?
Our job as readers is to _______ the character traits from what the character says, thinks, and does. Fill in the blank.
What is infer?
The following are examples of this type of text: directions, instructions, recipes, atlas, manuals.
What is a technical text?
Name three strategies you can use when determining the meaning of an unknown word.
How can you use inferences to determine the meaning of an unknown word?