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What is a prediction?
Using clues from the text to make an educated guess about what will happen
The subject of a story
What are events (in a story)?
What happens in a story
What is the setting?
Where and when a story takes place
What is the literal meaning?
The words mean exactly what they say
What is a conclusion?
The last part
What is perspective?
What is an essay (for third graders)?
A paragraph with MANY details, examples, and information.
What is cause and effect?
Something happens that triggers something else to happen
What is nonliteral or figurative meaning?
The words do not mean what they say - For example, "It is raining cats and dogs"
What is the main idea?
What the whole text is about
What are supporting details?
What is a passage?
The story or article
What is a base word or root word?
The word that remains when you take away the prefixes and suffixes
What is author's purpose?
The reason the author wrote the passage
What is the central idea or key idea?
What is a summary or what does it mean to summarize?
Retell the most important informarion in a shorter version
What is a fact?
Can be proven, true
What is an opinion?
One person's idea
Can you name any purposes a narrator might have for writing?
To inform/teach, persuade / try to change your opinion, or to entertain
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To identify what is the same and what is different about two or more things
What is sequence, or a sequence of events?
The order they happened in, going from beginning to end
What does tone mean? (For example: How does the narrator feel about the subject based on their tone?)
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help the reader understand the meaning of unknown words