| Question |
Answer |
| Generalizations |
Statement about a group of people or things |
| Theme/Concept |
Moral, message, lesson or big idea |
| Summarizing |
Restate the important facts or events |
| Creative Synthesis |
How thinking changes as new information is learned |
| Paraphrasing |
Tell the thoughts in your own words |
| Classifications |
Putting things into groups |
| Details |
Important fact and supporting reasons |
| Sequencing |
Retell the events in the order they happened |
| Cause and Effect |
One event that makes another one happen |
| Consequences and Implications |
Something that happens as a result of a particular action |
| Literary Elements |
Characters, setting, plot |
| Inference |
Questioning while I am reading to make predictions, draw conclusions and reflect on my reading |
| Mood |
Feeling created for the reader |
| Tone |
Author's attitude or feelings about a subject through word choice |
| Symbolism |
Representing an idea different than the literal meaning |