Reading Comprehension

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What is reading comprehension?

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Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and make meaning from written text.

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What does it mean to identify the main idea of a text?

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Identifying the main idea means finding the most important point or message that the author wants to convey.

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What is a detail in a story?

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A detail is a specific piece of information that supports the main idea or helps to describe something in the story.

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What does it mean to make a prediction while reading?

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Making a prediction means guessing what will happen next in the story based on clues from the text.

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What is a character in a story?

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A character is a person, animal, or figure in a story that plays a role in the events.

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What is the setting of a story?

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The setting is where and when the story takes place.

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What does it mean to summarize a text?

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To summarize means to give a brief statement of the main points of the text.

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What is a question you can ask to check understanding?

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You can ask, 'What happened first in the story?'

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What is the purpose of a title?

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The title gives the reader an idea of what the text is about.

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What does it mean to infer while reading?

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Inferring means to make an educated guess about something that is not directly stated in the text.