6th Grade ELA Test Taking Strategies Flashcard

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What is the main idea of a story?

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The main idea is the most important point or message that the author wants to convey.

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What does it mean to infer the main idea?

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To infer the main idea means to summarize key details and points to find the overarching theme when it is not explicitly stated.

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What is a character development?

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Character development refers to the process of a character changing and growing throughout a story.

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What is cause and effect text structure?

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Cause and effect text structure involves explaining why something happened or the results of an event.

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How can you identify the main idea in a text?

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You can identify the main idea by understanding the most important point the author is trying to make.

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What is photosynthesis?

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Photosynthesis is the process through which plants make their food using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.

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What is the purpose of summarizing a text?

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The purpose of summarizing a text is to condense the information into a shorter form while retaining the main ideas.

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What is the difference between details and main idea?

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Details are specific pieces of information that support the main idea, which is the overall point of the text.

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What does it mean to compare and contrast?

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To compare and contrast means to identify similarities and differences between two or more subjects.

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What is chronological order?

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Chronological order is a text structure that presents events in the order they occurred.