2nd Six Weeks Benchmark Review

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What is the author's purpose?

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The reason the author wrote the selection.

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What is the main idea of a text?

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What the text is mostly about.

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What does 'setting' refer to in a story?

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When and where the story takes place.

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What is a genre?

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Different types of literature.

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What does it mean to make inferences?

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Putting clues together to understand something not directly stated.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The underlying message or lesson of a story.

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What is a character in a story?

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A person, animal, or figure represented in a story.

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What is a plot?

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The sequence of events in a story.

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What is a summary?

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A brief statement of the main points of a text.

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What is a conflict in a story?

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A struggle between opposing forces, which drives the plot.