Comprehension skills and vocab check

Summary is

• retelling a part of the story in your own words

• retelling the important parts of the story in your own words

To use your understanding of a text and your own experiences to draw conclusions.

• make inferences

• make and confirm predictions

• synthesize

• make connections

Which skills should you do DURING reading to help you comprehend the text? (Check all correct answers)

• Look for evidence (details)

• Make inferences based on evidence and my prior knowledge

• Determine the main idea of the text

• Skip any parts that are too confusing

How do you make inferences while reading a text?

• I look for clues or important details (evidence) in the text, and I combine it with my prior knowledge

• I make a guess

• I skim the text

• I highlight the text

Which skills should you do AFTER reading the text to make sure you comprehend it? (Check all correct answers)

• Ask a teacher or classmate to explain it to me

• Summarize the most important information to ensure my comprehension of the text and make sure I remember it

• Reread any parts of the text that were confusing.

A cliff-hanger is

• a dramatic and exciting ending leaving the audience in suspense.

• A clear happy ending that ties up all the loose ends.

• An ending that leaves you with a thought provoking question

To create a suspenseful atmosphere, an author would.... (check all that apply)

• Use persuasive techniques

• Withhold information from the audience.

• Use sensory language

• Ending on a cliffhanger

Choose the best explanation for the term 'domineering'.

• someone who asserts their power over another.

• someone who is meek and shy.

• someone who is submissive to another person.

He felt a rush of adrenaline as he jumped from the plane. Choose the best explanation for the term 'adrenaline'.

• a chemical that carries messages to the brain that helps you feel relaxed and calm.

• a hormone produced by the body when a person is frightened, angry, or excited, which makes the heart beat faster and prepares the body to react to danger.

• a hormone produced by the body to reduce pain and make you feel relaxed.

Choose the answer that best describes the term 'abandoned'.

• left behind, or left without care or protection.

• Something that has been taken very good care of.

• a discovery of an object.