| A | B |
|---|
| summary | BME |
| main idea | most important idea in a paragraph or group of paragraphs |
| inference | implied information; "reading between the lines" |
| sequence | chronological order |
| problem | conflict |
| plot | events that happen in a story. |
| compare | how things are alike |
| contrast | how things are different |
| cause | makes something happen |
| effect | result |
| author's purposes | persuade, entertain, inform |
| graphic sources | different ways of giving information |
| setting | where and/or when a story takes place |
| prefixes | letters added to beginning of word; changes meaning |
| suffixes | letters added to end of word; sometimes changes meaning |
