Reading Revision

Reading strategies Revision Term 1  

Making inference

•          Take what you know and make a guess!

•          Draw personal meaning from text (words) or pictures.

•          You use clues to come to your own conclusion.

How Do Good Readers Make Inferences?

•          They use:

1. Word/text clues
2. Picture clues
3. Define unknown words
4. Look for emotion (feelings)
5. Use what they already know
6. Look for explanations for events
7. ASK themselves questions!

Plot,Setting, Theme, characters

1-Characters	People, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.
a) main characters	The character that the story centers around.
b) minor characters	Characters that interact with the main character and one another.
c) protagonist	The main character in the story, often a good or heroic type.
d) antagonist	The force that works against the hero of the story; if a person, often a villain type.
2- Setting	The time and place of the action of the story.
3- Plot	The sequence of events in a story, built around a conflict.
a) conflict	A problem or struggle involving two or more opposing forces.
b) exposition	The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described.
c) rising action	The central part of the story during which various problems arise and suspense builds.
d) climax	The point of greatest interest or suspense in the action of the story, the turning point.
e) falling action	The action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story’s end.
f) resolution	The part of the story in which loose ends are tied up, and the action comes to a satisfying end.
4- Theme	The main message in a story; the lesson.       Determine Main Idea
Main Idea	What the story is mostly about.. The main idea is the central idea or concept that the writer is trying to convey. In many cases, the author includes a sentence that summarizes this main idea in the first paragraph. The following paragraphs contain details and examples that relate to or support this main idea.

  

Determining Author’s Purpose

The author’s purpose is the intention of the passage. The content of a passage offers clues about the author’s purpose in writing it.

• If the piece contains many comical details, the purpose is probably to amuse or entertain.

• If the author presents facts in an objective manner, the purpose is probably to inform.

• If the author uses argumentative language and reveals a bias, the purpose is probably

to persuade.                                  

          Good luck