Summarizing
Can you copy when summarizing and what kind of information do you want in a summary?
No, important information
How many sentences is the main idea and is it in the reading?
1 and yes
What two words do similes have in them?
like or as
Idiom
What is theme?
the lesson in a story
How many sentences should be in a summary?
3 to 5
When there is multiple paragraphs, where will the main idea most likely be?
In the closing paragraph or introduction
Give an example of a metaphor (is/was)
She is a cheetah.
I didn't want my mom to know I was taking a cookie from the cookie jar, so I made sure I was as quiet as a mouse.
simile
Give an example of a theme.
Be yourself!
When do we use the non-fiction and fiction summarizing tools?
When we've read a WHOLE book or passage.
When there is only one paragraph, which sentence will most likely be your main idea?
1st sentence/topic sentence
What is the definition of personification?
an object or animal having a human trait
The concert was so loud that it woke up everyone in the universe.
hyperbole
What are the three author purposes?
to inform, to persuade, to entertain
What questions do we use when summarizing non-fiction?
Who/What? What? When? Where? How/Why?
What two things will equal an inference?
Background knowledge + Author's Words
What is the literal meaning of the idiom hit the hay?
go to bed
Lightning danced across the sky during the thunderstorm.
personification
Give two examples of books that would be considered to inform?
cookbook, a textbook, an encyclopedia
What are the questions we use when summarizing fiction?
Main Character? Want? Problem? Problem Solved? End?
What tool can we use to help us with main idea?
Topic + What about it?
What two words are in a hyperbole and give an example of a hyperbole.
so/that, I was so hungry that I could eat 50 million pizzas.
My hands were icicles because of the cold weather.
metaphor
Give the keywords we use for to inform, to entertain, and to persuade (in that order).