Reading Comprehension Strategies

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Compare and contrast in reading strategies means:

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Telling how things are similar and different.

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Inferencing in reading involves using text details and background knowledge to answer what is not explicitly stated.

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Using text details and background knowledge to answer what is not said.

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Summarizing:

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Explaining in your own words what the text is about.

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Paraphrase:

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State info in a new way without losing meaning.

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Purpose of "making connections" in reading?

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Connect prior info to new info and experiences.

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Main idea of a text?

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Most important or central point the author wants you to understand.

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Predicting in reading comprehension involves:

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Telling what is going to happen next or in the future.

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Theme in literature

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A common message, not explicitly stated in the text

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Context clues in reading are used to determine the meaning of unknown words.

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To determine the meaning of unknown words

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Point of view in a story refers to the writer's way of indicating who tells the story to whom.

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The writer's way of saying who is telling the story to whom.