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Reading Strategies
Genres
Components of Text
Text
Organization
Words
Words
Words
100
Guessing what will happen next in a story based on what you have read so far
What is a prediction?
100
Literature that is not based on facts and can be based on imaginary information
What is fiction?
100
The people or animals in the story
Who are characters?
100
A word or phrase that is above a selection It gives you an idea of what the selection will be about.
What is a heading?
100
Words that have similar meanings
What are synonyms?
200
Making an assumption based on clues in the text.
What is an inference?
200
Literature that is based on factual information.
What is nonfiction?
200
Where the story takes place
What is the setting?
200
Text that is emphasized by being darkened with thick lettering
What is bold faced font or text?
200
Words that have opposite meanings
What are antonyms?
300
Rereading for better understanding
What are monitoring and clarifying?
300
Writing that is organized in verses, has rhythm, and often portrays emotion
What is poetry?
300
The events in the story
What is the plot?
300
Words that are slanted to indicate further emphasis
What is italic font?
300
Sally saw sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
400
Asking questions as you read to check for understanding
What is questioning?
400
Stories that include strange settings or characters and events that may not be possible in real life
What is fantasy?
400
The problem in the story
What is the conflict?
400
Text next to a photo describing what is occuring in the photo
What is a caption?
400
This is added the beginning of a word and alters the meaning of the word.
What is a prefix?
500
Using the important details in a passage to tell what the story was about
What is summarizing?
500
A story about a person's life
What is a biography?
500
The answer to the problem in the story
What is the solution?
500
A group of 5-7 sentences that relate to one another. The group begins with an indentation.
What is a paragraph?
500
This is added to the end of a word and alters the meaning of the word.
What is a suffix?