This process of reading included getting involved with what you read and taking steps to understand, recall, and respond to what you read.
What is active reading.
100
Verbs in this type of voice lack strength because their subjects receive the action instead of doing it.
What is passive?
100
This is the group of people the writer expects to read his work.
What is intended audience.
100
The initial phase of writing, this might include you asking who, what, where, when, why, and how.
What is questioning.
100
You should always back up your points with this.
What is evidence.
200
This is a brief statement of the reading's major points with no supporting details.
What is a summary.
200
If two or more ideas are this type of sentence construction, they are easier to grasp when expressed in parallel grammatical form.
What is parallel.
200
DAILY DOUBLE!
Two part question:
A word's literal meaning.
Additional meanings associated with a word.
What is denotation and connotation.
200
This is the perspective from which you write an essay.
What is point of view.
200
Your essay should have one of these to make readers continue reading.
What is a hook.
300
This is the process of underlining, circling, and making notes in a reading.
What is annotating.
300
The following sentence has this problem: Understanding the need to create checks and balances on power, the Constitution divided the government into three branches.
What is a dangling modifier?
300
An educated, reasonable guess based on the facts available.
What is inference.
300
This is the main point of an essay.
What is thesis statement.
300
This is the name of the online resource that will review and offer feedback on essays written at PVCC.
What is SmartThinking.
400
This is a quick way to familiarize yourself with a reading's content and organization.
What is previewing.
400
The following words are examples of this type of clause: after, before, that, unless, who.
What is subordinate?
400
An idea the writer believes to be true but does not try to prove.
What is an assumption.
400
Unlike a fact, this takes a position.
What is an assertion.
400
These are the "three R's" for academic survival.
What is Read, Record, Recite.
500
This is a diagram of the reading's structure and main points.
What is a graphic organizer.
500
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so are all examples of this.
What is coordinating conjunction.
500
This refers to a writer's prejudice in favor of or against the topic he is writing about.
What is bias.
500
This can be a word, phrase, clause, or sentence that shows the reader how a new sentence or paragraph is connected to the one that precedes it.
What is a transition.
500
Daily Double!
In class, we listed 7 things that an argument must have. Name three of those things.
1. It focuses on a narrow issue.
2. It states a specific claim in a thesis.
3. It depends on careful audience analysis.
4. It presents reasons supported by convincing evidence.
5. It avoids errors in reasoning.
6. It appeals to readers’ needs and values.
7. It recognizes opposing views.