| A | B |
|---|
| analyze | examine to understand how parts work together to create meaning as a whole |
| evaluate | to form opinions about what is read |
| excerpt | a passage or a segment taken from a text; may be a phrase, sentence, paragraph, or an entire chapter |
| italics | italicized text |
| interpret | to translate, analyze, or give examples drawn from a text |
| paraphrase | restating information from the text in the reader's own words |
| perspective | a position from which something is considered or evaluated |
| topic | general category or class of ideas |
| passage | story or article to be read |
| introduction | information given before the passage begins |
| ***** | indicates a passage in time |
| validity | correct information |
| reliability | dependable information |
| essential message | main idea |
| prediction | foretelling |
| organized | structured |
| internal conflict | conflict within a character |
| external conflict | conflict between characters or between characters and an element such as nature or fate |
