Study Skills
Before studying, you need to do this in order to eliminate distractions.
What is silence your phone and put it away?
When you use details from a text plus your own knowledge to draw a conclusion not directly stated, you're doing this.
What is making an inference?
This type of context clue directly equates an unfamiliar word to a more familiar word or phrase, often using a form of the verb “to be.”
What is a definition or explanation clue?
This phrase means to speak up for yourself, ask for what you need, and request help.
What is self-advocate or self-advocacy?
This study tool on small pieces of paper is proven to be an excellent memory reinforcement, useful during scheduled study times or short off‑times like a bus ride.
What are flashcards?
To support an inference, you should cite these specific pieces from the text (quotes, actions, or descriptions).
What is textual evidence or supporting details?
When the meaning of a word appears immediately after it and is set off by commas, dashes, or parentheses, this clue type is at work.
What is a punctuation clue?
In the first step of self-advocacy you must do this: determine the issue and be clear and specific about what you need.
What is identify and clarify?
This type of music can help you when studying.
What is classical music?
When an author implies a word’s meaning through surrounding words or examples instead of defining it, readers use these to infer the definition.
What are context clues?
Clues using phrases like “like,” “as,” or “in the same way” indicate this type, showing the unfamiliar word is similar to another word.
What is a comparison clue?
The 2nd step to self-advocacy is to
Who to reach out to ask for help?
Setting specific times or times during the week to study helps prime your brain by creating this.
What is a routine?
Using current events in a story to guess what will happen next is a type of inference called this.
What is making a prediction?
When an author lists items “for instance” or “such as” to clarify a term, they are using this kind of context clue. (What is an example clue?)
What is an example clue?
Belive in yourself for step 3.
What is courage?
After prolonged nocturnal study sessions, these two cognitive abilities may be impaired for up to four days.
What are memory and reasoning?
Underline, or add margin notes to key words or phrases that support an inference before writing or discussing it.
What is highlighting and annotating?
A sentence that explains that something happened “due to” or “because of” another event is using this clue to reveal a word’s meaning.
What is a cause-and-effect clue?
Step 5 in self-advocacy is
What is reflect?