Summarizing Vocabulary

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What supports and strengthens the theme?

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important details

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What is one sentence that describes what the text is mostly about?

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main idea

Front

What are the events in a story (beginning, middle, end, problem & solution)?

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plot

Front

a retell of only the main idea and most important details of a text

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summary

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A text written with imaginary details; the author's purpose is to entertain you.

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fiction text

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Information that is interesting but not needed

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unimportant details

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synonym for summarizing

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retell/recall

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Where and when the passage is happening? Options: retell/recall, setting, plot, characters

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setting

Front

The people, animals, or objects that are in the action of the text

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characters

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the lesson, moral, or central message of the passage

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theme