Reading Strategies Vocabulary 8th Grade ELA

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Passage

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A section of text.

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Summarizing

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Briefly stating the main points and key details of a work IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

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Sequencing

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Placing the events, ideas, or details of a text in order from beginning to end.

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Prediction

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A statement of ideas or information that a passage of text will discuss.

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Making connections

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Readers relate what they read to personal experiences (text-to-self), to information from other texts (text-to-text), and to information about the world (text-to-world).

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Context clues

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Hints or suggestions in the text that help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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Inference

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A conclusion reached by finding and putting together clues and evidence from the text.

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Theme

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The main idea or underlying message of a piece of writing.

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Characterization

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The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

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Main idea

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What a piece of writing is mainly about--the BIG PICTURE.