1) Analyze a) 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) b) To break stories down into parts and determine how the parts are similar to each other and the whole story c) Looking through something and determining if it’s cool or not. 2) Compare a) Indicates similarities between two or more ideas, objects, concepts, and other elements from a text b) Indicates similarities between two or more characters, animals, and elements from a movie c) When you see how characters feel the same 3) Contrast a) Indicates differences between two or more ideas, objects, concepts, and other elements from a text b) Indicates similarities between two or more characters, animals, and elements from a movie c) When you see if something is good well another thing is bad 4) Demonstrate a) To make evident or prove b) To make obvious or correct c) To show some people 5) Describe 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) Detailing about a characteristic of a noun in a text using describing words c) Talking about something 6) Explain a) To make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas b) To make known by describing with clarity or giving relevant information c) Saying it good 7) Inference a) A conclusion logically drawn from presented information and context clues b) A conclusion logically made from information and evidence c) A good guess 8) Interrupt a) Understand and explain the meaning of a topic b) Understand and explain the meaning of a theme c) Decipher a meaning  9) Persuade  a) A type of speech or written communication that develops or debates a topic in a logical, persuasive, or argumentative way b) Get someone to see something from your perspective using communication c) ”Join the dark side, Luke.” 10) Summarize a) Shorten a text to its general theme(s) and/or major points b) Shorten a text to its main theme or points c) Make something three sentences long 11) Text features a) Nonfiction features, as well as graphic informational, and organizational aids (ie: bold print, italics, maps, charts, labels, headings) b) Nonfiction features, as well as maps and charts c) Things that help 12) Tone a) The author’s attitude reflected in the style of the written word b) The author’s feelings reflected in the way they write the text c) How it makes y’a feel 13) Author’s Purpose a) The motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain, inform, or persuade b) The reason for which an author writes a story c) Why an author writes a story 14) Central Ideas a) The main idea b) The main focus of the text c) Easy 15) Character a) Individuals represented in a drama or story; can be human, animal, or humanized objects b) A fictional person represented in a drama or story c) A person or animal 16) Clarify a) To make the meaning more transparent and easy to understand b) To make the meaning simpler to figure out c) To understand easier 17) Context a) The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage usually influencing the meaning or effect b) The parts of a written statement that follows a word c) IDK 18) Evaluate a) To make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text or story b) To judge someone’s looks c) ”You are being judged.” 19) Plot a) The events and actions of a story; Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution b) The events and actions of a book; Beginning, Middle, End c) What happens in a story 20) Setting a) The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play b) Where it takes place c) Don’t go here

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