Can You "Text" It To Me?
This is another way of saying 'organizational pattern'.
What is 'text structure'?
Dealing with issues of racism, segregation, religious beliefs, environmental issues, being wrongly accused of something and being kicked out of a community...
What is person vs. society?
Like, similar to, also, unlike, similarly, in the same way, likewise, again, different from, in like manner...
What is Compare and Contrast?
This is the most intense part or the turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
This is what it means to make an inference.
These are other words and phrases found around unfamiliar words that can help you determine the meaning of the unfamiliar word.
What are Context Clues?
Taylor wants to eat healthy foods, but she keeps stopping at fast food drive thru when she's too tired to cook dinner.
What is individual vs. self?
Signal words include: issue, factor, ailment, puzzle, dilemma and predicament, possibility, remedy, resolution, answer and proposition
What is Problem and Solution?
This is the sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
This is what we combine to make an inference.
What are background/prior knowledge and new information/text evidence?
This is what we call the proof from an article or story that we use to support our ideas.
What is text evidence?
Jason survives a plane crash and must survive on a deserted island.
What is Individual vs. Nature?
Signal words include "first", "next", "during", and "finally"...
What is chronological or sequential?
This is a problem or something that gets in the way of the protagonist.
What is the Conflict?
Your best friend is carrying a graded science test and has a big smile on her face. What can you infer?
What is She got a good grade on her science test.
Examples of these are titles, subheadings, pictures and captions.
What are Text Features?
The Green Goblin kidnaps Mary Jane and Spiderman has to battle the villain to save her.
What is individual vs. individual?
For example, for instance, most important, characteristics of...
What is description?
Showing how a person in a story thinks or acts is an example of this.
What is Characterization?
This is a method of characterization where the author DOES NOT give the reader explicit or direct information and we have to infer or draw a conclusion.
What is "indirect"?
This is how many times you should read a text while taking an assessment such as the SOL.
What is At least Twice?
Kaelyn has to battle an evil AI that is trying to take over the world.
What is Individual vs Technology?
Because of, as a result, therefore, and if
What is cause and effect?
The part of the story that comes after the climax and leads to the resolution of the story.
What is the Falling Action?
You're sitting with a friend at lunch and they make a disgusted face after taking a bite of their sandwich. What can you infer?
What is They don't like it.