Main/Central Idea
This is the primary concept of a text.
What is the main idea?
These are the two options for citing evidence.
What are direct quotes and Paraphrasing?
You can define an unknown word by using these strategies.
What are context clues, figurative language, and connotative language?
These are the five text structures from our notes.
What are Cause/Effect, Chronological Order, Compare/Contrast, Problem/Solution, and Description?
In a literature text, author's point of view is classified as these...
What is 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person objective, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient?
This type of text contains all the important facts and ideas of another text(article, video, speech, etc.) and does not contain opinions.
What is an objective summary?
With common knowledge and hints from a text, this can be made about what is going to happen.
What is an inference?
Connotation can be...
What is Negative, Neutral, or Positive?
This is a possible 6th text structure(has similar meaning to Chronological).
What is Sequential Order?
This is the reason an author has written a text(examples are to entertain, inform, or persuade).
What is the Author's Purpose?
This is an identifying text feature that often tells the main idea or topic of a text(it also applies to sections if you add a "sub" to its beginning).
What is the title?
Paraphrasing is usually better than direct quoting because...
What is, it allows you to use your own voice.
Next time, don't jump the gun.
The true meaning of this idiom means...
What is to do something too soon?
An author structures their text in order to make this clear to the reader(hint: not main idea or theme).
What is the Author's Purpose?
Lauren always wanted a baby brother or sister. But now that her little brother was here, she couldn't help but feel a little neglected by her parents. They were always tending to Mikey now that he had arrived. Lauren missed the nights where she and her parents would sit on the couch and watch movies together. Or when they would help her with her homework right up until she had to go to bed.
The author's point of view is...
What is 3rd person limited?
Before you put on that skeleton costume and rove door-to-door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.
This is the main idea of this passage.
What is The origins of Halloween?
Evidence, whether a quote or paraphrase, is meant to do this...
What is support an idea or position?
I've always felt a sense of awe about owls. The way they look, how they move, the fact that they stay up all night hunting. You could say I admire them.
Awe means...
What is a feeling of wonder or admiration?
A text that talks about similarities and differences of 2 or more subjects is this text structure.
What is Compare/Contrast?
You shouldn't argue with people on the Internet. It is a waste of time and energy. Do you want to spend your precious life energy trying to type sense into some delusional fool who will only hate you for your efforts? No, you don't. The next time someone makes some outlandish claim that infuriates you, you should either ignore them, unfriend them, or block them. You will find these actions to be more satisfying than casting your pearls of wisdom before the likes of swine.
The author purpose is to persuade people to...
What is not argue with people on the internet?
Sir Isaac Newton was contemplating the universe in his garden one day in 1665 when he noticed an apple fall from a tree. Newton wondered to himself, “Why should the apple always fall to the ground? Why does it not go sideways or upwards but directly toward the Earth’s center?” After much contemplation Newton concluded that objects are pulled to the Earth through a force that he called gravity, which means heaviness in Latin. On July 5th, 1687 Newton formally expressed his law of universal gravitation in series of books called The Principia.
This is the main idea of the text.
What is the discovery of gravity?
This is a way to give an author or source's direct words, while also using some words of your own. (hint: I told you about this strategy earlier in the year)
What is combine direct quotes and paraphrasing?
Larry always knew how scared I was of bats. The way they look, how they move, the fact they stay up and hunt all night. I absolutely abhor everything about them!
Abhor means...
What is hate, regard with disgust?
A text that talks about the need to remedy a difficult situation is this text structure.
What is Problem/Solution?
As young Americans mature into adults, they are tempted by the allure of easy credit. Credit card companies attempt to ensnare young people by giving away "free" headphones or sports towels in return for completing credit applications. Many of these young people go on to accumulate debt through undisciplined spending. They pay much more than the original loan because they are charged a high rate of interest and it takes them years to repay their debts. It is best to avoid this debt prison altogether.
The author's main opinion is...
What is young people should not be given credit cards until they are responsible enough?