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Reading Strategies
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English
6th Grade
01/24/2012

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Prediction
Definition
Using the text to determine what happens next, before you read and as you read
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Visualization
Definition
To picture people, places, and events as they are being described in the text
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Inference
Definition
A logical guess based on evidence
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Text to Self-Connection
Definition
Relate the content of literature to an experience that you have had
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Text to World Connection
Definition
Relate the content of literature to an event that has occured in the world
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Text to Text Connection
Definition
Relate the content of literature to another literary work
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Physical Traits
Definition
Things that can be seen, a character's appearance
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Personal Traits
Definition
How the character acts, their personality
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Questioning
Definition
The process of asking questions while reading.  Helps the reader to understand characters and events
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Compare
Definition
To point out what two or more things have in common
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Context Clues
Definition
A definition, synonym, example, comparison or contrast, or any expression that enables readers to infer the word's meaning
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Sensory Details
Definition
Words or phrases that help readers see, hear, taste, smell, and feel what a writer is describing
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Persuasive Business Letter
Definition
A letter that tries to influence people to get things done
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Summarize
Definition
Telling the main ideas of a piece of writing briefly, in one's own words
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Determining Importance
Definition
Identifying details that are important as you read
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Synthesizing
Definition
To combine details of a story
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Contrast
Definition
To point out differences between things
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