Vocabulary
identifying mark
Doing this each day can help you improve learning.
sleeping
While you slumber, your brain is actually securing this.
your learning from the previous day
When the author uses "YOU" to speak directly to the reader
direct address
A feature of text including title, headings, bulleted lists, sidebars, etc.
print features
A synonym for transmit is this.
send
This is the likely result of "cramming" for a test.
Information learned will be quickly forgotten.
Name a result of a good night's sleep.
Brain stores memories or new information learned from the previous day.
A logical fallacy in which a general rule is applied too broadly and may show faulty reasoning.
sweeping generalization
A feature of text including photos, illustrations, diagrams, maps, charts, etc.
graphic features
Give the meaning of the italicized word in this sentence:
The brain sends signals to your hands to swing the bat.
messages
This is one of the main messages of the article "Learning Rewires the Brain".
Scientists are discovering what happens to the brain when you learn.
Scientists discovered rat's brain cells fire in _______ when they are sleeping.
reverse
A rhetorical device which compares an unfamiliar concept with a familiar one
analogy
Teens sometimes make poor decisions because their myelin sheaths are not ________.
thick enough (yet)
The myelin sheath is compared in the text to what?
When you learn something, the amount of energy your brain needs to transmit signals is ________.
reduced
After a good night's sleep, your cells will be wired more ______.
tightly to each other.
strengthen; weaken
When a person becomes more familiar with a task, they may start to ________.
daydream
This is the definition of signals as used in the article.
messages used to send information or instructions
The long structure by which the brain sends signals from one cell to another.
axon
Repeated cycles of reverse firing during sleep likely created a strong network of ________.
neurons
Writers use logical fallacies in order to _______.
pull in readers with a dramatic statement or create a stereotype
The genre title of "Learning Rewires the Brain"