2022-2023 Focus Skills

the order or pattern a writer uses to organize ideas or events

when you clearly understand a passage of text

instructions that describe what happens on stage

a major unit of a drama or play

use the words like or as to comprae two seemingly unlike things

words that appear in darker and thicker type

the name of the text

visual elements in a text such as photographs, drawings, maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams

the title given to a particular section of text

an idea formed by combining text evidence, reasoning and prior knowlwdge

stated directly

the process of merging new information with previously learned information in order to gain new understanding

compares two seemingly unlike things through a paragraph, a stanza, or an entire literary work

the process of joining two or more things or ideas together

specific efforts to be done in order to reach a goal

happening continuously

step-by-step directions for how to do something

implies a comparison between seemingle unlike things

text elements such as titles, headings, and boldface terms

a story written to be performed by actors before an audience

the conversation between characters

when an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities

when you clearly understand a passage of text

the most important idea expressed in an informational text

a question or comment that captures your reaction to what you are reading

determining and explaining the meaning of a text

is used for descriptive effect, often to illustrate or imply ideas indirectly

the parts of a text that are not the main body of the text

details that further explain the controlling idea

hints in a text at the meaning of an unfamiliar word

a logical guess about what might happen in a text

implied but not stated directly

the qualities that define certain types of writing