Vocabulary
When I hear elected officials talk about immigrants, they seem to be speaking about figments of their imagination, conjured up to illustrate talking points. What does conjured mean?
What is cause someone to feel or think of something.
To find the main idea, you must ask this question, "What does this paragraph tell me about the _______?"
What is the topic?
Explains how things happen in order
What is Sequence
How many types of supporting details are there in a paragraph?
What is two
Another name for stated main idea
What is a Topic Sentence
The president rants about “criminals,” “rapists” and “terrorists,” then uses them as justification for building a wall and separating families at the border. What does justification mean?
What is to give reason.
Explains the similarities and differences between two things
What is compare and contrast
Name the types of supporting details?
What is Major and Minor
When beginning to read a paragraph, what's the first thing to identify?
What is The Topic
The money I did have was in the larger denominations I had received at the currency exchange office where I’d traded in my meager savings. What does meager mean?
What is sparse or lacking in quantity
Explains how one thing is the result of another
What is cause and effect
What do minor details support?
Major details
How do you find the implied main idea? You look for.....
What is Supporting Details
As refugees and migrants rebuild their lives in new places, both the intolerance and the resilience of their host communities are revealed. What does resilience mean?
What is toughness or recover quickly from difficulties.
After reading the following sentences, what is the topic? Smoking makes your clothes smell awful. In addition, it also stains your teeth. The worst part of all is that sometimes people who smoke have to pay for products to help them stop. Smoking is a bad habit that can cause more harm than good.
What is smoking?
Gives information about how to fix a bad situation or make it better
What is problem and solution
What do major details support?
What is the main idea
The implied main idea is not stated. It is.....
What is it is inferred
What is the definition of tone?
What is the writer's attitude toward what they're writing
Common location of a paragraph topic.
What is the first or second sentence of the paragraph?
This type of text structure gives many details and facts about a topic
What is Description
Paragraphs sometimes can be written without this type of supporting detail. Which one?
What is Minor details
The first step is to find the topic by looking for _______ in the __ paragraph.
repeated words, 1st