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What does it mean to cite textual evidence?
Use examples from the text to back up/support your response.
What is a direct quote?
A copy and pasted piece of information set aside in quotation marks to show they are not your words, but they are the author's words.
What is a paraphrase?
Using your own words to describe evidence from a text. It is not copy and pasted, but still should be cited.
What is an inference?
an educated guess.
What does it mean to "say something explicitly"
to be very clear with your words, and not be confusing.
What is theme?
The moral or life lesson the story is teaching the reader.
What could be a theme for the movie Wall-E?
(various answers may apply) Humanity needs to protect the earth. Friendship will get you through hard times. etc.
What is the theme of Cinderella?
(various answers) kindness will take you places. Being Selfish and mean will get you nowhere.
What is a theme for The Three Little Pigs?
(Various answers may apply) Hard Work pays off. Protect those you love. etc
What is a protagonist?
The hero/main character of the story.
What is an antagonist?
The enemy or villain of a story.
What is setting?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is a plot?
The main events that make up a story.
What is main idea?
What a text is mostly about in a sentence.
What is a summary?
Telling the most important details of a story while leaving out the unimportant details.
What are supporting details?
Ideas that prove the main idea of a text.
