Learning Strategies
Technique for understanding and remembering text (like summarizing).
Comprehension strategies
Learns best with pictures and diagrams
Visual learner
Sentence stating the pain point of a paragraph
Topic sentence
A person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
Ends a statement
Period
Condensed version of a text
Summary
Includes skimming and scanning
Reading strategies
Learns best by listening
Auditory learner
Main argument of an essay
Thesis
Two or more subjects joined together
Compound subject
Separates items in a list
Comma
Breaking down and examining parts
Analysis
5-step reading method: survey, question, read, recite, review
SQ3R
Learns best through reading and writing words
Verbal learner
Three elements: topic sentence, supporting details, and conclusion
Paragraph structure
Clause that can stand alone as a sentence
Independent clause
Joins closely related sentences
Semicolon
Identifies similarities and differences
Compare and contrast
Brainstorming and freewriting fall under this stage
Prewriting strategies
Learns best through movement and hands-on activity
Kinesthetic learner
Combining ideas from multiple sources
Synthesis
Clause that cannot stand alone
Dependent clause
Introduces a list or explanation
5WH Questions
Who, what, when, where, why, and how
Visual way to organize ideas before writing
Idea Mapping
This concept explains how individuals prefer to receive and process information
Learning styles
Idea that limits or focuses the main idea
Controlling idea
Words like "water" or "information"
Noncount nouns
Shows possession or contraction
Apostrophe
Writing that tells a story with characters and plot
Narration