Reading Terms
This is when an author shows a preference for one view over another despite conflicting evidence.
What is bias?
What is combining prior knowledge and reasoning with information stated in the text to draw a logical conclusion?
Inference. We can conclude from his caps that Mr. Rhodes is a cyclist.
A comprehension strategy when misunderstanding a text is sometimes:
Keep going ahead--it may come to you from the words that follow the part you don't get
These get the reader from one paragraph to another smoothly
What are transition words, phrases and sentences?
This verbal always ends in -ing and makes a noun.
What is a gerund. Are you going to quit smoking?
When an author attacks a person's character instead of the argument, it is called this:
What is Ad hominem?
When events early on cause later events to happen.
What is cause and effect? Don Quixote went crazy because of his books.
knowing what p--t of s----- can at least help you get past you don't quite get.
part of speech
Antecedent
What is the word that comes before a pronoun which stands for it.
present or past, these act as adjectives. The running man...the half-eaten pizza
What are present and past participles?
"False logic" is another way to say this--when an author makes and argument that doesn't quite make sense.
What are logical fallacies?
Nonfiction texts that describe events, people, or places from the past.
What are historical texts?
Checking the t---- s------- at the beginning of a paragraph can remind you what it's a bout
topic sentence
added information may be put inside these--they aren't critical information.
(what are parentheses?)
to go, to do, to make, etc. are all examples of this.
What is an infinitive.
The area of knowledge with a specialized vocabulary within scientific texts is called this.
What is domain?
Similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, and connotation (associating something with a word) are examples of this.
What is figurative language?
Good writers put related items in similar grammar, not like this: I like swimming and to fish in the same lake.
What is parallel construction: I like swimming and fishing/I like to swim and fish....
These two vertically aligned dots tell you the time or introduce and explanation or list. Does not follow a verb.
colon:
to, on, about, by, for, with after into, from, at are all examples of this.
What are prepositions?
This source offers a firsthand account which may include autobiography, diary, email, journal, interview, letter, or photograph.
What is a primary source?
When informational text is used to look at two things and examine how they are the same and how they are different.
compare and contrast
Writers use these to describe
What is an absolute phrase?
Two adjectives working together take one of these: blue-green eyes. Also some numbers twenty-three.
What is a hyphen?
This one can stand alone as a sentence: I---------- c-----.
What is an independent clause