Reading Literature
Identify the main idea in this type of text, which often includes characters, a setting, and a plot.
What is a story?
The reason an author writes a text, such as to inform, entertain, or persuade.
What is author's purpose?
The process of generating ideas prior to writing, often involving lists or diagrams.
What is brainstorming?
The process of receiving and interpreting spoken messages.
What is listening?
Identify the parts of speech: noun, verb, and adjective.
What are basic parts of speech?
This term refers to a struggle between opposing forces in a text.
What is conflict?
A brief statement that presents the main points of a text without giving all the details.
What is a summary?
This type of writing expresses opinion and presents arguments.
What is argumentative writing?
To speak clearly and at a comfortable pace is part of this important skill in presenting.
What is enunciation?
This is the correct use of commas, periods, and other marks in writing.
What is punctuation?
This is the perspective from which a story is told, such as first-person or third-person.
What is point of view?
Identify the text structure where events are described in the order they occur.
What is chronological order?
The final step in the writing process, where the writer reviews their work for errors.
What is editing?
This term refers to a civil exchange of ideas aimed at reaching an understanding.
What is a discussion?
A group of words containing a subject and predicate, and expresses a complete thought.
What is a sentence?
Identify the person or beings that take part in the action of a story.
What are characters?
This term refers to evidence or details from a text that support an analysis.
What are textual supports?
This aspect of writing involves changing ideas, organization, or style to improve the text.
What is revising?
Critical listening involves evaluating the message of a speaker for these aspects, such as consistency and credibility.
What are logic and validity?
This process involves changing a verb form to show tense, mood, or voice.
What is conjugation?
This term refers to the underlying meaning or message in a literary work.
What is theme?
An author's perspective or argument usually includes these claims, supported by data or reasoning.
What are arguments or points?
When writing an essay, this is a sentence at the beginning of a paragraph that indicates its main idea.
What is a topic sentence?
A visual component of a presentation, often used to enhance understanding or retention of a topic, is known as this.
What is a multimedia aid?
The meaning of a word based on the context, rather than its literal definition, can be referred to as this.
What is connotation?