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Main Ideas & Details
Author's Purpose
Making Inferences
Summarizing
Text Structures
100
What does the topic sentence do?
Indicate main ideas
100
What is the author's purpose?
The main reason for writing a selection.
100
What three things should the reader observe when making inferences?
all facts, arguments, and information
100
When summarizing, the reader should reduce the text to what?
Bare essentials
100
What are the four text structures?
description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect
200
Why are supporting details important?
They prove the value of the main idea.
200
What are the three categories of author's purpose?
To Persuade To Entertain To Inform
200
When making inferences, what should readers consider from their own experiences?
what you already know
200
What should the reader try to compare in a summary?
main ideas and crucial details
200
Which TS does this explain: involves similarities and differences of a topic
Compare and Contrast
300
What does stated main idea mean?
The main idea is said directly in the class.
300
What is author's point-of-view?
The author's opinion on a topic.
300
What should a reader do when answering multiple-choice questions?
Determine whether each answer is true or false
300
What questions should the reader answer when summarizing?
Who, What, When, Where, Why/How
300
Which TS does this explain: shows problems and solutions
Cause and Effect
400
What does implied main idea mean?
The main idea must be inferred by the reader.
400
Knowing the author's POV can help the reader determine what?
Bias
400
What can you imply about this selection: The woman waited nervously in line. When the counter was empty, she carefully unloaded her items from her cart. Lines creased her forehead as if to show the calculations ringing up in her head. Finally, the cashier began ringing up the items as the woman clutched her purse.
The woman did not have enough money.
400
What is another way to summarize a selection?
By giving it a title.
400
Which TS does this explain: presents topic, details, and characteristics
Description
500
What is the main idea of this selection? The Native Americans used the trees to build their houses. They hunted and trapped animals in the forest for food. They found roots and berries that they could eat. Some plants found in the forest were used for medicine.
Native Americans are resourceful when trying to survive.
500
What is example of an article which would have multiple purposes?
An article about how to eat healthy and why.
500
FINAL JEOPARDY Write the correct definition of NONFICTION
all prose writing which gives information – it explains, informs or persuades
500
When summarizing, it is important that your distinguish between what is __________ and what is __________.
interesting, important
500
Which TS does this explain: puts events in order of occurrence
Sequence