Doing this while you read can give you a deeper understanding of the information in the text; you enter into a conversation with the author.
What is "asking questions as you read"
100
When you write an analysis of a story and choose one aspect to focus on--should be broad enough to write several paragraphs
What is "a good argument for writing critically about literature"
100
The writer's attitude
What is "point of view"
100
During the course of a particular event or process
What is "along the way"
200
The state of being extremely overweight
What is obesity?
200
The perspective from which the story is told. For example, is the story told by a narrator? By a character?
What is "point of view"
200
Sentence types you can use to add interest to your writing
What is "simple, compound, and complex"
200
As you read, you should try to predict________________.
What is "the author's conclusion"
200
after you have been hoping for it for a long time
What is "at long last"
300
When one group has more people in it than the second group
What is outnumbers?
300
"going" and "speaking" are this kind of verbal
What is "a present participle"
300
As a writer, you show your readers why a piece of evidence is important: "This research shows that..."
What is "explaining the significance of evidence"
300
The way the author wants to make the reader feel
What is "mood"
300
To not make assumptions
What is "kept my heart open"
400
To disconnect yourself from all technology for a short time
What is to unplug?
400
"scared" and "surprised" are this kind of verbal
What is "a past participle"
400
When you use other people's ideas in your writing, you wither quote them directly or you paraphrase them--you do this to give credit to the author of those ideas.
What is "referring to sources"
400
When you get information from reading that is not directly stated (reading between the lines)
What is "making inferences"
400
Confronting a situation that I'm not prepared for
What is "in over my head"
500
The events that make up a narrative storyline
What is the plot?
500
"to speak" and "to try" are this kind of verbal
What is "an infinitive"
500
You can add information to your sentences and vary your sentence patterns by using these; they are forms of verbs that are used as other parts of speech.
What is "a verbal phrase"
500
When you read to focus on characters, plot, theme, and language