Key Terms

2. wants to pretend his friend is a character in a movie when he fights him
4. to look at the differences of two or more things
6. the lesson of a story
9. things that we find important, rules that we live by
10. conclusions we make about the text based on details
11. what the author is trying to convince the reader of
12. examples references to a person’s life that exemplify the point they are trying to make
13. things that the author notices about the world and talk about to prove their point
15. sentence a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined without punctuation or conjunctions
16. a statement where you present your argument

1. conclusions we make about the characters based on details
2. to fight with ones fists
3. a big idea that the story covers
5. what Ms. Davis and Mr. Weke want their students to do in their class
7. to briefly explain what the reader just read
8. to look at the similarities of two or more things
11. wants to knock his friend out with one punch
14. evidence details from the text that readers use to understand the characters and the authors overall meaning