This is added to the beginning of a word and it changes its meaning
What is a prefix?
100
The entire reading selection is about.
What is the thesis?
100
Researchers, textbook authors, and professors use standard approaches to express their ideas even though the subject matter may differ amongst them.
What is organizational patterns?
100
Reasoned guess about what you don't know based on what you do know.
What is inference?
100
This strategy helps to improve comprehension and recall what is the most important information. You underline only the most relevant information to separate it from less important information.
What is highlighting?
200
When reading a passage and you need to find the meaning of a word, an example of the opposite meaning is given.
What is the contrast clue?
200
Often, this sentence expresses the main idea of the paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
200
Dividing a broad topic into its major categories.
What is classification?
200
This information comes from looking at the stated ideas and facts and you can gain a certain meaning from this.
What is literal meaning?
200
Restatement of passage's ideas in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
300
This is the basic core of a word.
What is the root?
300
What the entire paragraph is about.
What is the topic?
300
Sequence in which events occur in time.
What is chronological order?
300
Statements that can be verified or proven to be false or true. Statements based on feelings or belief.
What is fact and opinion?
300
Writing strategy that assists you in organizing information and pulling ideas together into an particular format.
What is an outline?
400
These are the three types of word parts.
What are prefixes, suffixes, and roots?
400
The main idea is suggested but not directly stated.
What is the implied main idea?
400
Two types of organizational patterns. One looks for the similarities between ideas, theories, or events while the other one looks at the differences between them.
What is comparison and contrast?
400
These are the five general tones used by authors.
What are instructive, sympathetic, persuasive, humorous, nostalgic?
400
Three ways of organizing information.
What are outlining, mapping, and summarizing?
500
This is the world's leading lingua franca.
What is English?
500
Three tips for finding implied main idea.
What is find the topic,what is the most important idea the writer wants you to know about the topic, and express the main idea in your own words.
500
The six most common organizational patterns.
What are definition, classification, order/sequence, cause/effect, comparison/contrast, and listing/enumeration
500
These are the four ways to identify bias.
What are analyze connotative meanings, notice descriptive language, analyze tone, and look for opposing viewpoints.
500
These are the three strategies for reducing information.
What are textbook highlighting, annotating, and paraphrasing?