T/F: When looking for the topic of the story, the author does not always use a repeated word. Sometimes the author uses different words that mean the same thing.
True
T/F: Characters have lots of differents feelings in a story.
True
T/F: When looking for the main idea, you should NOT look for the topic first.
False
T/F: Stories can have more than 1 character.
True
T/F: When you're reading, the word or idea that gets repeated over and over is the topic of the story.
True
T/F: An inference is when we make a smart guess using information that we already know.
True.
T/F: Setting is where the story happens.
True
T/F: When the author gives you an example of the word meaning, you may see these buzz words (like, for example, including, such as)
True
T/F: Characters are people, animals, or objects in a story.
True
What are context clues?
A strategy to define an unknown word.
T/F: Sometimes the author explains the meaning of the word to you. This is called an example strategy.
True
What is Main Idea?
What the story or article is mostly about.
When using context clues, what is an example strategy?
When the author gives you examples of what the word means.
T/F: The main idea is ALWAYS found in the first paragraph of a story.
False.
T/F: Synonyms and Antonyms are context clues strategies.
True
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