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Author's Purpose
Main Idea and Detail
Text Structure
Text Feature
Summarizing
100
the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something
What is persuade?
100
The one or two words the passage is about.
What is the topic?
100
the author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture
What is description?
100
a list of the contents of a book and the page numbers where they can be found (in order of occurrence in the book), found in the front of a book
What is a table of contents?
100
The first sentence of you summary.
What is the main idea?
200
the author wants to give you information
What is inform?
200
The sentence where the author states the topic.
What is the topic sentence?
200
the author discusses similarities and differences between people, things, concepts, or ideas
What is compare and contrast?
200
words or phrases are written in different styles to draw attention to and emphasize the importance of; includes bold, italics, and highlighting
What are font styles?
200
Write one sentence for each of these.
What are transitional ideas?
300
the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing
What is entertain?
300
A statement that tells what the passage is mainly about.
What is main idea?
300
the author provides readers with chronological events or a list of steps in a procedure
What is order and sequence?
300
an illustration or photo that includes labels that name the parts that make up the object
What is diagram?
300
If there are 3 ideas there should be _________sentences after the main idea.
What are three sentences?
400
the author wants to tell you how to do something or how something works
What is explain?
400
More narrow ideas, examples or evidence.
What are details?
400
the author gives information about a problem and explains one or more solutions
What is problem and solution?
400
an alphabetical listing of important terms and definitions found in the back of a book
What is a glossary?
400
The number of steps to writing a good summary.
What is 2?
500
the author wants you to visualize or experience a person, place, or thing
What is describe?
500
Sentences meant to move the reader from one idea to another
What are transitional sentences?
500
the author describes an event or several events and the events that follow
What is cause and effect?
500
Titles that distinguish different sections to organize topics and ideas
What are headings and subheadings?
500
Underlining, color-coding or making any notes in a reading.
What is annotation?