Unit 2 flashcards

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Theme

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The big idea or main lesson that a fictional story is trying to teach

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Central Idea

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The big idea or main lesson that a nonfiction article or text is trying to teach.

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Determine a Theme or Central Idea

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the act of figuring out the main lesson of the story 

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Developing Theme

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Using the text as evidence to explain and show how the theme is shown through the characters actions and words.

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Main Idea

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What the text is mostly about

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Topic

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The subject of the text

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Supporting Details

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Information from the text that shows evidence of the main idea

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Fiction

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Stories made up by the author to entertain readers

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Nonfiction

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Texts that give real information to teach readers about a topic