Critical Reading
Skills
Paragraph/Essay Structure
Levels of Reading Comprehension
MLA Formatting & Documentation
Completely Random!
100
The word we use to describe the act of marking our texts with highlights, notes, questions, etc.
What is ANNOTATION?
100
The sentence that reiterates your point in a body paragraph before moving on to the next body paragraph.
What is a CONCLUDING SENTENCE?
100
The kinds of questions where the answers are found directly in the text you're reading.
What are READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS?
100
The date you located a source that you plan to use in a research essay.
What is the DATE OF ACCESS?
100
The part of an MLA-formatted paper that includes your name, the instructor's name, the course, and the date on the upper left-side of the paper.
What is THE HEADING?
200
According to the "GROUP ANNOTATION" handout, strategy number 3.
What is PARAPHRASE THE MAIN IDEA?
200
The sentence that further elaborates on the topic of the body paragraph.
What is the DEVELOPING SENTENCE?
200
The skill that requires you to put something the author has said in your own words.
What is PARAPHRASE?
200
The parenthetical citation found in the body of your essay to cite a quote or paraphrase from an outside text.
What is an IN-TEXT CITATION?
200
The sentence structure that combines two complete sentences together using a coordinating conjunction and/or a comma.
What is A COMPOUND SENTENCE?
300
The words/phrases you use to help you determine the meaning of a word you may not know.
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
300
The kinds of questions that, within their context, imply their answers without directly stating them.
What are RHETORICAL QUESTIONS?
300
The kinds of questions where you must draw your own conclusions because the information is NOT directly stated in the text.
What are INFERENCE QUESTIONS?
300
The way by which entries on your Works Cited page are organized.
What is ALPHABETICALLY ACCORDING TO THE FIRST WORD OR NAME IN THE CITATION?
300
The dictionary meaning of a word.
What is DENOTATION?
400
The use of a word where the author's tone or meaning is implied.
What is CONNOTATION?
400
The four parts of the introduction.
What are: 1) Hook, 2) Prompt (title, author, main idea), 3. Background/Summary, and 4) Thesis Statement.
400
The purpose of your research question.
What is TO NARROW YOUR FOCUS?
400
The only time you are permitted to leave out an author's name in an in-text citation (assuming there IS an author).
What is WHEN THE AUTHOR'S NAME IS IN THE LEAD-IN/SIGNAL PHRASE?
400
The sentences in the body paragraph structure that first react to the concrete detail, and then further develop the main idea as stated in the topic sentence by drawing on personal observations and experiences.
What are COMMENTARY SENTENCES?
500
The definition of tone.
What is THE AUTHOR'S ATTITUDE OR FEELINGS TOWARDS HIS/HER SUBJECT MATTER?
500
The ways in which you should identify the title of an ARTICLE, as opposed to a novel or film.
What are QUOTATION MARKS & APPROPRIATE CAPITALIZATION?
500
When writing a thesis-drive (argument) essay, there are three kinds of audiences.
What are: 1) Friendly, 2) Neutral, and 3) Unfriendly
500
Here is a citation. What kind of source is it based on the citation? Stern, Mark Joseph. "A Free Kick In: How Does the Constitution Protect Innocent People Who Are Stuck in Jail?" Slate.com. Slate.com. 27 Apr. 2015. Web. 1 May 2015.
What is ARTICLE FROM A WEBSITE?
500
The word you write as the "medium" of c source you found online.
What is the Web?