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Time and Place in which a story takes place.
What is, "setting"?
100
The events between the climax and the resolution.
What is, 'falling action"?
100
Clue words include: after next before not long after dates second during third later when
What is "questions that ask chronological (time) questions"?
100
When you active you background knowledge, you are activating your.....
What is, "schema"?
100
When you think about what you already know about a concept, place, person, culture and so on is called.....
What is "schema" or "background knowledge"?
200
The writer's main message about life. Usually not stated directly, have to infer or figure it out.
What is, a "theme"?
200
The perspective in which a narrative is told.....1st person, 3rd person.
What is, "point of view"?
200
questions that include: after later then before meanwhile third during next when finally now first second following subsequently
What is, "sequence questions"?
200
When you put the peices together which means collecting details from the text to make connections elsewhere in the text or to your own background knowledge is called..........
What is, "synthesizing information"?
200
When you create a graphic organizer that serves as a visual representation of the organizational plan for a written text.
What is, "mapping"?
300
A unifying element in an artistic work, especially any recurring image, symbol, theme, subject, or narrative detail.
What is a, "motif"?
300
The use of hints or clue in a narrative to suggest a future action.
What is. "foreshadowing"?
300
although but conversely difference however instead of
What is. "compare and contrast"?
300
Refers to whether the information is correct and able to be verified.....
What is, "validity"?
300
When you number, draw boxes, circle, and seperate phrases in text you are.....
What is, "chunking the text"?
400
The end of a story when loose ends are tied up.
What is the, "resolution or denouement"?
400
The struggle or problem in a story.
What is, "conflict"?
400
Facts and detail tell more about the.....
What is the, "main idea"?
400
Whether or not the information is "credible" and the author is qualified to discuss what he or she is talking about is called........
What is, "validity"?
400
When you examine a text's structure features. layout, and so on, prior to reading you are.....
What is, "previewing"?
500
When a speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite. "I continued as was my want, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."
What is, "irony"?
500
How the stage is set for the story, characters are introduced, the setting is described, and the conflict begins to unfold.
What is, "exposition"?
500
When you think about what might happen in a story, you are making a ........
What is a "prediction"?
500
When you take information from a text and combine it with information from your background knowledge to come up with a prediction, question, or some new information is called...... similar to synthesizing
What is, "inference"?
500
Rapid reading of a text to form a overall impression or obtain a general undertstanding of a material and speedy recognition of words, phrases or details is called.....
What is. "skim and scan"?