This means using the exact words from the text with quotation marks.
What is quoting accurately?
This means telling how two things are alike.
What is compare?
The lesson or message of a story is called this.
What is theme?
The main point of a paragraph or text is called this.
What is the main idea?
This describes how characters, events, or ideas connect to each other.
What are relationships?
When you include a sentence from a story to prove a point, you are doing this.
What is using text evidence?
This means telling how two things are different.
What is contrast?
This is a short retelling of the most important parts of a text.
What is a summary?
These support the main idea and give more information.
What are key details?
If one event causes another event to happen, this relationship is shown.
What is cause and effect?
This type of understanding comes directly from what the text says (no guessing).
What is explicit information?
When two characters both show bravery but in different ways, you are doing this.
What is comparing and contrasting?
A theme should be written as this type of statement (not just one word).
What is a complete sentence?
When a text has more than one big point, it has this.
What are multiple main ideas?
When a character’s actions change the outcome of a story, this is an example of this type of interaction.
What is character influence on events?
When you figure something out that the author doesn’t say directly, you are making this.
What is an inference?
Looking at how settings affect events in a story is an example of analyzing this.
What are relationships between story elements?
Details from the story are used to figure out this.
What is the theme?
Putting the main ideas and key details into your own words is called this.
What is summarizing?
Explaining how two ideas in a text are connected requires this skill.
What is analysis of relationships?
This must always be included when explaining your thinking about a text.
What is evidence from the text?
This type of thinking helps you understand characters, settings, and events more deeply.
What is analysis?
This should NOT be included in a summary.
What are minor details or opinions?
This explains how key details connect to the main idea.
What is supporting evidence?
You must use this to explain relationships clearly.
What is specific information or evidence from the text?