Reading Comprehension

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What is reading comprehension?

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Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and make meaning from what you read.

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What does it mean to identify the main idea?

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Identifying the main idea means finding the most important point or message in a text.

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What is a detail in a story?

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A detail is a specific piece of information that supports the main idea or helps to describe something.

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What does it mean to make a prediction while reading?

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Making a prediction means guessing what will happen next in the story based on clues from the text.

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What is a character in a story?

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A character is a person, animal, or figure in a story.

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What is a setting in a story?

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The setting is where and when the story takes place.

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What does it mean to summarize a story?

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To summarize a story means to tell the main points in a shorter form.

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What is a question you can ask to understand a story better?

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You can ask, 'What happened first, next, and last in the story?'

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What is a plot in a story?

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The plot is the sequence of events that make up the story.

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What does it mean to infer while reading?

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Inferring means using clues from the text and what you already know to understand something that is not directly stated.