Reading practice

To identify familiar words to get the main idea of what we read.

• context clues

• summarize

• compare and contrast

"Look for a definition or explanation of a word within a text" is a strategy for:

• using context clues

• summarizing

• compare and contrast

"Look for synonyms and antonyms" is a strategy of:

• context clues

• summarize

• compare and contrast

"Find the base form of a word" is a strategy of:

• context clues

• summarize

• compare and contrast

"Look for examples or descriptions of unknowk words" is a strategy of:

• context clues

• summarize

• compare and contrast

When two things are compared...

• The text tells you about the similarities and differences

• The text tells you only about the differences

When two things are contrasted...

• The text tells you about the similarities and differences

• The text tells you only about the differences

key words when comparing

• like, also, as well as, in common, same as, similarly, both

• but, however, unlike

key words when contrasting

• like, also, as well as

• but, however, unlike, as ooposed to, different from, on the other hand

They tell you the relationship between ideas

• linking words

• antonyms