Vocab 1
The main focus of the text is...
Central idea
Summaries include your opinion T/F?
False
An analogy is:
a.) An extended comparison
b.) The most important central idea
c.) A brief story about an interesting, funny or strange event told to make a point.
Is the central idea always given?
No, sometimes it is implied
(Blank) is when you restate the main points of the story in your own words.
Summary
(Blank) Supports the author's main intent by exaplaining the evidence and connecting points.
Reasoning
Inferences include information you already know, T/F?
True!
Which of the following should always be vague/ broad?
a.) Central Idea
b.) Supporting Detail
Good readers combine (blank), (blank) and (blank) to support inferences.
Evidence, reasoning and prior knowledge.
Information directly pulled from the text is...
Evidence
(Blank) show/are the similarities or dissimilarities between 2 things or people.
Comparisons
Reasoning is found directly in the text, t/f?
False!
Summaries should:
a. Always be in your own words
b. Express some of your own opinion
c. Relate back to the Central Idea
d. All of the above
e. Only a and c
Where is evidence found?
Directly from the text!
Prior knowledge is...
Analogies are...
Prior knowledge is information from the text mixed with things you already know, T/F?
False.
An inference is based on:
a.) Evidence
b.) Reasoning
c.). Prior knowledge
d.) All of the Above
Why might an author use a comparison or anaolgy?
Supporting details are....
Analyzing means..
to break something down into its parts and examine them.
Analogies are used to help explain complex ideas, T/F?
True!
The reason we have been learning all of these terms is to...
a.) Understand the text better
b.) Get a deeper meaning from the text
c.) Be able to find a greater understanding of the text
d.) Find a deepend importance in the reading
e.) All of the above
Summaries are objective, what does objective mean?
Objectives means it does not inlcude your opinions, beliefs or judgments.