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16 Cards in this Set
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Judgements and Decisions |
opinions that we make after thinking about information and evidence. We use evidence from what we read and our own experiences to make judgements which lead to decisions. |
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Drawing Conclusions |
when you use facts and details from the reading and your own life experiences to form a better picture of characters and events |
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Inference |
Writers don't always tell readers exactly what a character thinks. We have to find clues in the story (text) and use our own experiences to read between the lines and to figure out, accurately, what the character is thinking |
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Predict |
We use info from the text along with our own experiences to guess ahead of time what might happen in the story. It's okay to be wrong when we predict--we just revise and try again. |
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Summarize |
When you summarize you are using a process to check your understanding of what you read. It is a short statement of the most important events and ideas. |
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Compare/Contrast |
When you compare two or more things you look for similarities (things that are alike). When you contrast two or more things you are looking for differences. |
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Main Idea/Supporting Details |
becomes important when summarizing. Main Idea: the most important and general statement that can be said about something you're reading. Supporting Details: the added pieces of info that support the main idea |
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Tone |
tone is the author's attitude about what he/she writes. it's usually expressed through the narrator. |
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character |
Main characters are usually fully developed and seem like real people. They change in the story. Minor characters are less well developed and they usually don't change much at all |
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Third Person Limited POV |
When the narrator tells the story from the point of view of one of the characters using third person pronouns, the point of view is called Third Person Limited. |
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Autobiography |
nonfiction about a person's life written by that same person. It is always in first person narrative. |
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Setting |
time and place that the story takes place in |
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levied |
imposed or collected |
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meted |
distributed by or as if by measuring |
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adept |
highly skilled; expert |
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deemed |
thought, believed, or judged |
