Vocabulary
Plot
Parts of an Essay
Question Types
Talking to the Text Steps
100
When you quickly look over the material for a specific piece of information.
What is scanning?
100
When they set the stage and first describe the characters, setting, and conflict.
What is exposition?
100
The beginning part of an essay.
What is the introduction?
100
When the answer is almost word for word in the article.
What is a green light question?
100
The step where you go through the material.
What is the read step?
200
When you quickly look over the material to get the overall idea.
What is skimming?
200
The series of events leading up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
200
The very last paragraph or chunk of an essay.
What is the conclusion?
200
When you will have to work a little with the information given in the article.
What is a yellow light question?
200
When you break the text into tiny, bite-sized pieces.
What is the chunk step?
300
A fictional writing that is longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel.
What is a novella?
300
The big turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
300
The middle part of an essay.
What is the body?
300
The answer is not clear in the text and you will have to make an inference.
What is a red light question?
300
When you do the the Talk to the Text step over again.
What is the repeat step?
400
A person's judgement or beliefs.
What is opinion?
400
The series of events leading to the resolution.
What is falling action?
400
The essay's topic or central idea.
What is the thesis statement?
400
A question where you have to summarize to get the answer.
What is a yellow light question?
400
When you note any questions and connections.
What is the Talk to the Text step?
500
It is what the text or material is mainly about.
What is the central idea?
500
The end of the story when the main conflict and other conflicts are solved.
What is the resolution?
500
It is what the sections in an essay are called.
What is a paragraph?
500
When the answer is clearly found in the text.
What is a green light question?
500
Reflections that help you decide what to mark or note.
What is meta-cognitive bookmarks?
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