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The very FIRST thing to read when you get a new passage.
What are the questions?
A brief account giving the main points of the text
*Usually 3-5 sentences
What is a summary?
You cite text evidence to support an ________.
What is an inference?
Question types:
Part A: Make an __________ based on the text.
Part B: Support with _____________ from the text.
What is an inference/evidence?
How many minutes to read and annotate each passage.
What is 20 minutes?
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.
*Usually 1-2 sentences
Whats is the central idea?
How an author organizes/sets up an informational text. Examples include "sequence", "compare & contrast", and "problem & solution".
What is text structure?
The lesson or moral of the story.
What is "theme"?
The perspective of the author or audience.
What is "point of view?"
this is graded in 8th grade narrative essays only, is found in the resolution, and helps the character think back on the lesson learned in the story
What is a reflection?
Words or phrases that surround a difficult word in a sentence to give hints to the word's meaning.
What are context clues?
Authors use these "figures of speech" to add emphasis to the topics they are writing about. Examples include comparisons, exaggerations and references to famous texts, people, and events.
What is figurative language?
The specific layout of the sentences/paragraphs/passages in a text. Variations help to change the meaning of the text. Examples are: sequence, description, compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect
What is the text structure?
Differences between the P.O.V. of the audience vs. characters can lead to ________.
What is irony?
These two things are scored in 8th grade argumentative essays only. They are used to acknowledge the other side of an argument and refute it.
What are the counterclaim and rebuttal?
In argumentative passages, the author's evidence needs to be these two things.
What is relevant and sufficient?
In argumentative passages, this is something the author is saying is TRUE. This is then supported by reasons and evidence.
What is a claim?
Dialogue or events in a story can help reveal aspects of (tell us more about) __________?
What is "character"?
References to popular or well-known sources. Often literature, history, or mythology.
What is an allusion?
This is determined by the subject of a sentence and whether or not it is performing the verb. It can be either "Active" or "Passive".
What is voice?
In informational text, authors have a reason for writing. Why they are writing and how they feel about the topic is their_________.
What is point of view?
When comparing two informational texts, you can use a venn diagram to notice these two things about the author's points.
What are similarities and differences?
The difference between "theme" and "central idea"
What is:
theme= universal saying/ lesson of the story
central idea= specific details of what is happening in the story
When the audience knows something the character does not know.
What is "dramatic irony"?
The three verbals. These words look like verbs but act like nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
What are gerunds, participles, and infinitives?