Reading Strategies

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An inference is...

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Text evidence + what you know

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To make an inference you take what you know, and what the author tells you to…

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come up with something the author doesn't tell you.

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Which best describes a summary?

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the main ideas and important details of a text

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Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different? Options: Chronological, Cause & Effect, Problem & Solution, Compare/Contrast

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Compare/Contrast

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When you determine what you think will happen next in the text you __________. Options: Visualize, Predict, Connect, Clarify

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Predict

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Creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text is called __________.

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Visualize

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Relate the text to yourself, other texts, and the world around you.

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Connect

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The time and place of the story is called

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the setting

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What are some good things to think about after you are done reading the passage? Options: the theme, the author's purpose, the summary, all of the above

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all of the above

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Which type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why? Options: Chronological, Cause & Effect, Problem & Solution, Compare/Contrast

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Cause & Effect