Reading+Comprehension

The Concepts of Comprehension media type="custom" key="20577540"

**Explicit Information** is information that can be clearly found "right there" in the text. **Drawing Conclusions** is when you figure out what a text means by using what you already know and information from the text. **Vocabulary in Context** means figuring out the meaning of a word by looking at the words and sentences around it. **Figurative Language** refers to words that mean something other than what they say. **Genre** is a type of text, such as fiction or nonfiction. **Sequence** is the order of events or steps in a text. **Character** refers to the looks, traits, thoughts, actions, and relationships of a person or animal in a text. **Setting** tells you where and when a story takes place. **Plot** is the events that make up the main story of a text. **Cause & Effect**: Cause is the reason why something happens. **Effect** is what happens as a result. **Predicting** is deciding what will most likely happen next in what you are reading. **Main Idea** is the big idea in a text. It tells you what the text is mostly about. **Text Features** are words and pictures that help organize and highlight information. Examples include headlines, photographs, and captions. **Classify & Categorize**: Categorize is when you gather together information that is the same or almost the same. Classify is when you give that information a name. **Fact & Opinion**: Fact is information that someone can prove true or false. Opinion is what someone believes about a subject. **Compare & Contrast**: Comparing is noticing how two or more things are alike. Contrasting is noticing how they are different. **Pronoun Reference** means connecting the pronouns in a sentence to the nouns to which they refer. **Point of View** is the viewpoint from which a story is told to the reader. **Voice** is how an author expresses his or her personality or attitude through language. **Author's Purpose** is the reason why an author has written a text for readers. **Theme** is the message that an author is trying to share with the reader.