1) What does analyze mean? a) To make evident or prove b) To break down material and determine if it relates to the purpose of the text 2) What does compare mean? a) Indicates similarities between two or more ideas, objects, concepts, and other elements from a text b) Indicates differences between two or more ideas, objects, concepts, and other elements from a text 3) What is author’s purpose? a) The motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain, inform, or persuade b) The main idea 4) What does character mean? a) To make the meaning more transparent and easy to understand b) Individuals represented in a drama or story; can be human, animal, or humanized objects 5) What is plot? a) To make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text or story b) The events and actions of a story 6) What is setting? a) The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play b) To make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas 7) What does demonstrate mean? a) To make evident or prove b) To make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas 8) What does describe mean? a) Adding details about the appearance, nature, and/or attributes of elements or ideas in literary or informational text using vivid language and textual evidence b) To make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas 9) What does explain mean? a) A conclusion logically drawn from presented information and context clues b) To make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas 10) What does contrast mean? a) Indicates differences between two or more ideas, objects, concepts, and other elements from a text b) To make evident or prove 11) What does interpret mean? a) Understand and explain the meaning of a topic b) A type of speech or written communication that 12) What does summarize mean? a) Nonfiction features, as well as graphic, informational, and organizational aids (ie: bold print, italics, maps, charts, labels, headings) b) Shorten a text to its general theme(s) and/or major points 13) What does evaluate mean? a) To make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text or story b) The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing the meaning or effect 14) What does clarify mean? a) To make the meaning more transparent and easy to understand b) The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play 15) What are text features? a) Nonfiction features, as well as graphic, informational, and organizational aids (ie: bold print, italics, maps, charts, labels, headings) b) Shorten a text to its general theme(s) and/or major points 16) What is tone? a) The motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain, inform, or persuade b) The author's attitude reflected in the style of the written word 17) What are central ideas? a) The main ideas b) Individuals represented in a drama or story; can be human, animal, or humanized objects 18) What does persuade mean? a) A type of speech or written communication that develops or debates a topic in a logical, persuasive, or argumentative way b) A conclusion logically drawn from presented information and context clues 19) What is context? a) To make the meaning more transparent and easy to understand b) The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing the meaning or effect 20) What does inference mean? a) A conclusion logically drawn from presented information and context clues b) To break material down into segments and determine how the parts relate to one another and to the overall structure or purpose of the text(s)

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