RESEARCH SKILLS
This is the process of working with others to achieve a common goal.
What is collaboration?
The main points or central concepts in a text.
What are key ideas?
The conversation between characters in a story.
What is dialogue?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
The process of recording important information while reading or listening.
What is notetaking?
The process of gathering and investigating information about a topic.
What is the research process?
To restate something using different words while keeping the same meaning.
What is paraphrase?
The methods used to reveal a character's personality.
What is characterization?
The time and place where a story occurs.
What is setting?
Adding notes, comments, or marks to a text while reading.
What is annotation?
A source that can be trusted to provide accurate information.
What is a reliable source?
To briefly state the main points, or key ideas, of a text.
What is summarize?
A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
Secondary storylines that run parallel to the main plot.
What are subplots?
A specific note-taking method with questions in the left margin and notes on the right.
What are Cornell Notes (C-notes)?
Using someone else's work or ideas without giving them credit.
What is plagiarize?
Specific examples from the text used to support an argument.
What is text evidence?
The central message or insight about life in a story.
What is theme?
A scene that shows events that happened before the current point in the story.
What is flashback?
Information that gives credit to the original source of ideas or quotes.
What is citation?
A prejudiced or unfair view that affects how information is presented.
What is bias?
A reasonable conclusion drawn from evidence in the text.
What is an inference?
Hints or clues about events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The feeling of excitement or anxiety about what will happen next.
What is suspense?
The quality of being trustworthy or reliable.
What is credibility?
The process of combining different ideas or information to form a new understanding.
What is synthesize?
The reason an author writes a text. This lets us understand who the author's audience is and what their message might be.
What is author's purpose?
A character who contrasts with another character.
What is a character foil?
The use of questions to guide research or investigation.
What is inquiry?
The relationship or connection between ideas, texts, or concepts.
What is correspondence?