Foundation
Reading for Main Idea
Inferences
100
In the lifelong pursuit of increasing one's vocabulary, identify three beneficial strategies.
What is read as much as possible, keep a word list with definitions, utilize the dictionary, develop an interest in words and their origins, understand word parts, etc.
100
The topic and controlling idea in the following sentence: Obesity poses the greatest threat to public health currently.
What is obesity (topic) and greatest threat to public health (controlling idea)
100
Inference definition
What is reading between the lines, information or ideas that are alluded to but not clearly stated?
200
The ways annotation assists the reader.
What are improving communication, completing assignments, and fostering enjoyment?
200
Places where the main idea can most often be found.
Where are the first sentence in the introduction, the last sentence in the introduction, or elsewhere in the introduction?
200
PA (probably accurate), PI (probably inaccurate), or NP (not in passage)
What are ways to judge of an inference is accurate?
300
Different techniques for paraphrasing.
What are using synonyms for key words, changing the order in the sentence structure, edit out excess words, combine ideas, and maintaining tone and style?
300
Types of support given to a main idea
What are major and minor support?
300
A guess or judgment that is left up to the reader for the reader to put into his or her own words.
What is an open-ended inference?
400
Strategies for writing a summary
What are identifying main ideas in a reading, reviewing annotation, ensuring balance between main ideas and supporting details, using paraphrases, editing
400
Mode of discourse where the writer aims to inform or explain a topic to the reader
What is expository?
400
The intended message of most political cartoons
What is implied social commentary or criticism?
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