summary
Author’s Perspective
central ideas
authors tone
Context clues
100

What is a summary used for?

a summary is meant to inform your reader who has not read the text or seen the presentation of what the text is about. 

100

What is an author’s perspective?

How the author feels about the subject. 

100

What is a central/main idea.

What the text is mainly about.

100

What is an authors tone?

The authors attitude toward the topic.

100

What is a context clue.

Hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage to help the reader understand. 

200

Summarizing helps you focus on the most ________ points of the story or article. A. Useless B. Different C. Important 

C. Important

200

What are three ways an author presents their perspective?

1st person 2nd person 3rd person

200

When summarizing a story or article you are telling what the central/main idea is? True or False 

True

200

What’s the tone of this sentence?
My birthday is next week, I can’t wait.
A. Angry B. Excited C. Calm 

B. Excited 

200

I can see that kid from a mile away his shirt is very VIVID. 

what does vivid mean?

Very bright.

300

When you summarize an article or story you should _____ unnecessary details. A. Talk about B. Eliminate C. Highlight

B. eliminate

300

In _____ person perspective the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. A. Second B. Third C. First

C. First

300

What’s the tone of this sentence?
I was outside and I heard something in the bushes.
A. nervous B. Happy C. Sad 

A. Nervous 

300

The cars on the road were driving RAPIDLY we couldn’t keep up.
what does rapidly mean. 

Very fast