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Draw Conclusion |
to reach an opinion by thinking about the stated and unstated information in the text |
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Infer, Inference |
♥To arrive at a conclusion or opinion by reasoning ♥Using the facts to deetermine what is happening but not stated |
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Summarize (shorter) |
♥Restate the major events ♥ Will be shorter than the original |
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Paraphrase(same length, or longer) |
♥restates the information in your own words ♥gives all of the information, not just the main events |
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Generalize |
♥To make abroad statement ♥Not using details or facts |
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Predict |
♥guess what will happen next in the story ♥use cluse that forshadow events to guess ♥Use facts and details in the story to guess |
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Context Clues |
the words and sentences around an unknown word that tell you what it means |
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Describe |
to write about something in DETAIL |
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Onomatopoeia |
the use of words whose sound echothere sense |
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Prefix |
a syllable, which has its own meaning joined to the beginning of a word to change that word's meaning |
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Root |
A base word to which is added a prefix and/or a suffix |
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Suffix |
a syllable, which has its own meaning, joined to the end of a word to change that word's meaning and part of speech |
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Alliteration |
the repeating of the same sounds |
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Compare |
tell how two things are alike, using details |
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Contrast |
tell how two things are different, using details |
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Cause and Effect |
♥Two events are related to eachother when one event brings out the other ♥The first event is the cause ♥ The last event is the effect |
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