Question | Answer |
what is, lessons you can learn from the story or passage that are usually true, most of the time | themes |
what is, may instruct, inform, or teach their readers | author's purpose |
what is, the viewpoint | the author's attitude or opinion |
what is, a bullet | a black dot, square or diamond shape on the left of sentence or phrases in a list ( draw attention to the list of items.) |
what is, headings and subheadings | summarize the next paragraph or the content of the next part of the passage and summarize the information that is written after the heading. |
what is, drawing conclusions | "reading between the lines" or 'putting two and two together" |
what is, synthesizing | the process of drawing information from different sources and using it to reach new conclusions |
what is , cause | an event or action that makes something happen (it tells us why something happened) |
what is, Periodical Index | directs you to the latest information on any subject and providessummaries of information |
what is, stated main idea | a specific sentence (or group of sentences) tells you what the main point of the paragraph or passage is. |