Comprehension Flashcards
Create (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Level 6. Produce original thoughts or work
Evaluative Comprehension
The ability to look at a piece of writing and figure out if it is fact or opinion, if the reasoning is wrong, and how the characters grow.
Explain why you think this story is factual or an opinion.
Cause and Effect
a way of writing in which the author tells why something happened or what happened as a result.
Organizational Structure
Text structure can include cause/effect, problem/solution, main idea/details, and/or sequence
Compare and Contrast
An organizational approach where the author provides similarities and differences about two ideas
Anticipation Guide
a series of statements used to preview and activate prior knowledge before reading a text
Evaluate (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Level 5. Justify a stance
Defend, support, critique
Problem and Solution
An organizational approach where the author presents a problem and possible solution
Literary Device
used by authors to communicate specific idea to the reader
metaphor
Bloom’s Taxonomy
a list of levels of knowledge, with terms that teachers can use to start questions for each level.
Inferential Comprehension
Understanding parts of a book that aren’t said outright, like figuring out cause and effect, drawing conclusions, and making predictions.
Subheading
a title for a smaller portion of text
Draw Conclusion
To comment on or summarize what has been read or written.
Caption
short explanations below photos
Literal Comprehension
Understanding of the facts in the written text such as stated main idea or specific details.
