Cat 1
Comprehension
The active process of obtaining meaning from written text.
Expository Text
Text that is written to inform, persuade, or explain; nonfiction writing.
Text Cohesion
Describes how well the parts of text relate to one another.
Text Readability
A gauge of text is difficult influenced by factors such as a sentence and word length as well as graphic aids such as maps or pictures.
Plot
Fictional stories have plots composed of a sequence of events that inform the reader what happened.
Signal Words
When readers learn spelling-sound relationships so fluently that they are able to unconsciously and automatically recall the pronunciation and meaning of known words.
Critical Word Factor
A method of defining text difficulty by terms of the number of words in a given curriculum that students are unlikely to know.
Story Grammar
The structure that the story follows.
Text Organization
Refers to how a text is organized to help readers understand the information presented.
Genre
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, is characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Theme
The subject or message that the author of the narrative text wants to convey.
Prior Knowledge
The sum total of what the individual knows at any given time.
Narrative Text
Text that tells a story or that relates events or dialogue; fiction.
Setting
Comprehension Strategies
Consciously planned procedures that readers use and adapt to understand text.