What
What is fiction?
Literature that is imagi-nary—not founded on true events. (Historical fiction is made up stories with true history in the background.)
What is academic reading?
An active process that goes beyond merely reading and highlighting your text. You need to interact with the text by taking notes, making connections between the text and what you already know and ask-ing critical questions about what you are reading.
What is non-fiction?
Non-fiction is prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
What is a biography?
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
A table of contents usually includes the titles or descriptions with page numbers and is usually at the front of a book.
What is an index and where is it found in a book?
An index is found at the back of a book. It alphabetically lists all the major topics, events, people, and places discussed in the book and provides page numbers that direct you to each reference.
What is a bibliography?
A bibliography is a list of all of the sources you have used in the process of researching your work.
What are bullets? (not for hunting—in a document!)
A bullet point is a symbol that is used in writing to introduce an item in a list. A commonly used symbol to represent a bullet point is a centered dot ( ), but many different symbols and characters can be used in bullet point lists.
What is the difference between skimming and
scanning?
Skimming involves quick-ly gathering the main ideas or gist without understanding every word. Scanning involves looking for specific information quickly while ignoring unrelated details.
True or false: you need to read every document in school thoroughly.
False! There’s not enough time!
What is a manual?
a book of instructions, especially for operating a machine or learning a subject
What is the difference between the main idea and supporting ideas?
A main idea is the main point a writer wants the reader to come away with. Supporting details are the information, facts, or points of discussion the writer gives to tell more about this main idea.
What is the difference between a table and a graph?
A chart, also known as a graph, gives a graphical representation of the data using bars, lines or sometimes pictures. A table gives the information with words or numerical data.
True or false:
Reading for fun in your spare time makes you a more successful student.
True! Practice makes perfect!
True or false: Many people in the trades have to do lots of reading for their job
This is true– especially manuals.
True or false: Good students work
independently and don’t get help from others.
False! No one is an island!
True or False—you should try to predict what you are going to read before reading it.
True—this is part of the reading process!
What is prose?
Written or spoken language that is in its normal form, (not poetry)
What is the difference between
intensive and
extensive reading?
Intensive reading is about reading closely; it focuses on depth of understanding. Extensive reading is about reading a lot, typically from multiple sources; it focuses on breadth of understanding.
What is peer
reading?
It helps students work together. It encourages cooperation and supports peer-assisted learning. The presence of a peer can reduce anxiety and build confidence. Hearing a peer read fluently serves as a model for expression, intonation, and pacing.
what is an autobiography?
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
True of false: If you are not a good reader when you are young, then you can’t be a good reader when you are an adult.
False!
What is an academic journal?
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published.
Where can you find academic journals?
On the UCN library webpage!
When you use an academic journal for essay quotations, you don't need to cite/reference the journal in your essay.
False!
All academic sources need to be referenced in a bibliography.