Finding Details
The main idea of a paragraph is supported by these pieces of information.
What is supporting details?
When you "read between the lines," you are making this
What is an inference?
A statement that can be backed up with evidence from the text is called this.
What is a claim?
An author writes to entertain, persuade, or do this.
What is inform?
This structure is used when an author tells a story in the order it happened
What is chronological order?
These words signal a fact taken directly from a text.
What are quotes?
When you guess what happens next based on text clues, you are making this.
What is a prediction?
You must provide this type of evidence to support your claims in writing.
What is text evidence?
When an author wants the reader to believe something, they are trying to do this.
What is persuade?
When the author compares and contrasts ideas or topics, they use this structure.
What is comparison and contrast?
This is a way to briefly explain the main points from a text.
What is a summary?
This method involves using clues from the text to come to a logical conclusion that isn't directly stated.
What is reasoning?
This type of reasoning links the text evidence back to the claim.
What is analysis?
Looking at the author's choice of words can help determine this.
What is the author's tone?
This structure explains reasons for events and the outcomes of those events
What is cause and effect?
Finding information in a text that answers a who, what, when, where, or why question is known as this.
What is locating specific details or information?
When a character's feelings are not directly stated, we infer them using this.
What is context?
These statements (such as 'for example' or 'according to the text') help lead into evidence from the text.
What are evidence lead-ins?
The author explains different sides of an issue when their purpose is to do this.
What is present an argument or discussion?
When the author explains a conflict and then offers ways to address it, they use this structure.
What is problem and solution?
This kind of detail provides an example or an illustration to support the text
What is an illustrative detail?
Combining text evidence and one's own knowledge to explain why something in the text happened.
What is synthesis?
Explaining how the evidence supports the claim in a detailed way is known as this
What is elaboration?
When an author's writing is shaped by their own experiences and background, this is known as their _____.
What is perspective?
A step-by-step process much like a recipe is written using this format.
What is sequential or process?