ELA Reading

Title:

Key Words for activity questions/SLE 6

1. The best alternate headline for this Article would be __________.

OR

Which of these is most important to include in a summary?

MAIN IDEA

Strategy:

• Look at topic sentences to get main ideas. Ask yourself “Who or what is this
paragraph talking about?”
• Identify important details directly to the main ideas. Ask yourself “What are they
saying about this person or object?

2. Which is the closest synonym for ___________-

Which is the closest antonym for ___________

OR

Strategy:

• Find the word in the article. Look for ONE of the following:

- Look for a DEFINITION of the word to help get the meaning.

- Look for a DESCRIPTION of the word to help get the meaning.
- Look for a PARAPHRASE of the word to help get the meaning.
- Look for an ANTONYM of the word to help get the meaning.
- Look at the SITUATION the paragraph is describing.

Ex. If you are reading a paragraph about science, and there is a word you do not know, the
word is probably related to science.

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3. According to the Article_____
OR
Which of these is a statement of fact?
OR
Based on the article ____________

FACT

Strategy:

• This question is asking for a fact or a piece of information.

• Look for key ideas in the rest of the question.
• Find the one or two sentences that give the exact answer.

4. Suppose ______ wants to find out about ______________. She would find most of her
information __________.

Strategy:

• This type of question asks you where is the best place to get this information.
• Look at the sources they give you in the answers.
(examples: thesaurus, book on Great Danes, museum exhibit, sculptures)
• Infer or figure out which types of information you could find in that source.
(example: a thesaurus gives synonyms.)

5. Based on the Article, the reader can predict that __________

OR
The reader can infer from the Article that __________.

INFERENCE

Strategy:

• This question asks for an inference.

• Identify the main ideas and important details.
• Look at the answers and decide which one has information you can figure out
from the article.

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6. The author's purpose for writing this Article was probably to __________.

Strategy:

• Find out the general purpose of the article (narrative, informative, persuasive).
• Once you do that, find out the specific purpose.
(If the article is trying to persuade, what is
the writer trying to persuade you about?)

7. Which passage from the Article best supports the opinion that ___________________
OR
Which passage from the Article best supports________

Strategy:

• This is asking for evidence for an argument.

• Look at the argument or opinion they give you.
• Find the information in the article that best supports or proves that
argument.

8. This Article would be most useful as a source for a student research project on __________.

Strategy:

• This question asks you to look at the options, and decide which topic would best
relate to the information in the article.
• For example, if the article is about the history of Hot Cheetos, you would not
use it on a research project about Paraphrasing.

9. What is a cause and effect relationship that takes place in the Article?

Strategy:

• Causes are or events that make things happen.The things that happen are called
effects.
(examples: Lighting a match is the CAUSE of a fire and the EFFECT is the fire,
studying is the CAUSE of doing well on a test, and the EFFECT is doing
well on the test.)

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 • Look at the two events given in the answer choices and find them in the article.
For the answer to be correct, the first event has to make the second event
happen.

10. Which of these had not yet happened when this Article was written?

Strategy:

• Look at the answer choices. If the article talks about the event happening, the
answer is incorrect.
• Think about what would have to occur after the article is written, or what might
happen in the future.

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