Understanding Author's Purpose

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Author's purpose

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The reason the author writes.

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author's message

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the most important idea from the text

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homophones

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a word that is pronounced the same BUT NOT the same spelling or meaning

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homographs

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a word that is spelled the same BUT has DIFFERENT meaning. may or may not be pronounced the same

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inference

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a logical guess made by connecting bits of information

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text feature

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text outside of main body of text that helps convey meaning such as titles, bold words, headings

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graphic feature

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pictures or images within a text

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retell

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to tell about something in sequence of beginning, middle and end.

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paraphrase

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restate the meaning of something in different words

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text structure

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the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text