GMAS: Reading Informational Text
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- Q1What is a summary?an overview of a text that captures the main points but does not give all of the details; does not include opinionsthe author's intentionthe way in which a piece of writing is structuredinfluences individuals or events30s
- Q2What are interactions in a text?when characters deny knowing each otherpulling all the verbs togetherworking together to write a good storyhow ideas influence individuals or events OR how individuals influence events30s
- Q3What is a connotative meaning?a made up meaning of a worda meaning beyond the explicit (true meaning) of a wordthe exact meaning of a worda word that does not exist30s
- Q4What is meant when a question is asking how a piece of writing is organized?if the writer gave a lot of thought to the workhow the work is structured (cause/effect; compare/contrast; problem/solution; chronological)how did the writer thinkis it put together good or bad30s
- Q5What is author's purpose?to make someone happy or sadwhy the author is arguing in the storyto write in the wrong waythe author's intention for his or her writing (PIE- persuade, inform, entertain)30s
- Q6What is the author's point of view?only applies when looking at a picture bookhis or her perspective; way of seeing thingswhere someone is lookinga factual answer30s
- Q7What is evidence in a text?finding only things that are wrongsomething not actually therestating opinionssomething that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else30s
- Q8Which can be proven?an opiniona fact30s
- Q9Which is chronological order?the order of series of eventsa relationship where one thing causes another thing to happen30s
- Q10Which is cause and effect?the order in which a series of events happensa relationship where one thing causes another thing to happen30s