Reading Skills 1
To entertain, persuade, inform, explain
What are the four purposes for writing?
The context clue that helps the reader understand the CAPITALIZED word in this sentence: The dentist EXTRACTED, or pulled out, the loose tooth.
What is pulled out?
The best synonym for the word smell:
taste sound touch aroma
What is aroma?
The central point or thought the author wants to communicate to readers
What is the main idea?
Should be included in a detailed summary
What are the main idea and supporting details?
The text underneath a picture
What is a caption?
What a Venn Diagram is used for
What is comparison/contrast?
To say that a specific event or consequence will occur in the future
What is making a prediction?
Looking for what two or more things have in common
What is comparison?
Looking for differences among two or more things
What is contrasting?
The part of the story that contains all the events
What is the plot?
Text-to-text, text-to-world, and text-to-self
What are three types of connections with literature?
Something that is known or proven to be true
What is fact?
The number of syllables in the following line: The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
What is 13?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is inference?
Making notes of thoughts, feelings, and ideas during reading
What is annotation?
What the all-caps portion of the following sentence describes: MARVIN CLIMBED ONTO THE KITCHEN TABLE when he saw a mouse.
What is effect?
What the all-caps portion of the following sentence describes: They call me Crash because I AM ALWAYS CRASHING INTO THINGS.
What is the cause?
A view or judgment formed about something that is not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
What is opinion?
examples, descriptions, evidence, statistics, facts
What is are details?