Part 1
Why did the author choose this ________________ (place the story takes place)
What is setting?
Think about ________________ (what you already know about the topic)
What is prior knowledge?
What is the ________ (what do you see, taste, smell, hear and feel)
What is imagery?
Annotate: Underline, ___________, circle make ______ in the margin--whatever helps you ________comprehend the passage.
What is highlights, notes, comprehend?
Main Idea: Think about what the passage is _____ about? What does the _____ wants you to ______?
What is mostly and know?
Internal conflict is conflict that is____________________.
What is within the character?
How is the text ____________ (how the author make sense of the information).
What is organized?
Who is the speaker of the poem? The speaker is the ___________ of the poem and it's not necessairly the poet.
What is the voice?
Make bullet points: Make a _______ of important __________ in the margin or on your white sheet of paper.
What is list and comprehend?
Theme (yes/no): Is there a theme in the passage? What is the theme or the ___________ of the passage?
What is message?
What is the ____________ (how the story makes the reader feel)
What is mood?
Is the author ___________ (is he/she trying to persuade your opinion about the topic)
What is biased?
What is the __________ of a poem (how does it make you feel)
What is theme?
Underline unused words and use context clues: Underline or ________ words you do not ________. Use the __________ sentences to gain a better understanding of the unknown word.
What is circle, know and surrounding?
Inferencing: The passage does not come right out and ________ you the answer to this type of question.
What is tell?
External conflict is conflict between _______________.
What is character and someone/something else?
What is the ______________? (the reason why the author wrote the text)
What is the author's purpose?
What ___________ ____________ (how it is written) does the poet use?
What is structural technique?
Use labels to break the passages up into "chunks": Put a _____ around important ___________ and _________ the information in the margins so you can ___________ back to the correct part of the passage to answer a specific question.
What is box, information, list and refer?
To infer, you have to use what the _________ told you and do your own _____________.
What is passage and thinking?
Fiction: _____________ Stories that come from the author's ____________, stories that are not true ________________.
What is literature, imagination and true?
Nonfiction: ____________________ writing that is __________ or ______________.
What is informational text, true and factual?
Poetry: ___________ Writing that is concerned with the ____________ of __________________.
What is lyric, beauty and language?
Read the ____. __________ the text, and ________ if what you are about to read is fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
What is title, Skim and detemine?
Be able to underline or circle _________ __________ that proves your answer choice.
What is text evidence?