Why is paragraph 2 important?

Prove

Positive or Negative meaning

Author's Main Point

Author's Attitude Toward the Subject

Problem

Broad Statement based on the facts

Stand for

Differences

Stress the importance of

Author's Opinion

The Look Back Test

With Caution

What is a Broad Title that Summarizes the Whole Selection?

Broad - Life Lesson Learned

The Reason the Author WROTE the Selection

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

Big and Broad

Small and Specific

Reread ALL the selections and look for AHA! moments.

Which Broad Statement sums up the central idea of the text?

Introduction or Conclusion (usually)

Opinion

Why did the author include paragraph 2?

Shows or reveals

Someone's Belief

to have an effect on

Short Bold titles within a text that separate the text into section

Definitions at the bottom of the page

to take for granted; to suppose

to make clear or easier to understand

to decide after careful thought

persuade

To explain in greater detail

Examine and judge carefully.

to make an educated guess

to say what will happen before it occurs

show

the narrator of a poem

A group of lines in a poem

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

Language that is not meant to be taken Literally

simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, and hyperbole

A metaphor used throughout the entire text

Feeling that a writer creates for the reader

how a text is organized

See image

to show how things are alike or connected

saying something you don't literally mean in a joking way

On the trackpad or mouse, under the words as I am reading in order to keep my place and stay focused

MTTTTSS for each Poem

Answer: What about this selection is different than you would expect it to be? Example: A police officer getting a speeding ticket.