Strategies for Reading Fiction
Ask Questions - jot down two types.
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Basic questions about what is
happening in the story.
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Deeper-level question about
characters’ motivations or the
author’s overall message.
Draw conclusions - put details together
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Carefully examine the evidence before
drawing a conclusion.
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Make sure that your conclusions fit the
general theme or tone of the story.
Identify with the characters.
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Imagine yourself in the character’s
situation.
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Think about how you might feel or react in
that situation.
Use your senses - sights, sounds, and smells
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Match the descriptions of sights, sounds,
smells, and feelings with similar situations
that you have personally experienced.
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Use your imagination and the details that
the author provides to picture the action in
your mind.
As you read...
review the reading strategies and apply them to interact with
the text.