Study Skills
Reading for details, context clues and author's POV
Writing a summary
Writing an Opinion
Root word, suffixes, prefixes
100
To study very hard over a short period of time.
What is cram?
100
Fact or small pieces of information that make up a text.
What are the details?
100
This is a "condensed version of a reading" that can stand alone.
What is a summary?
100
Information that grabs one's attention.
What is a hook?
100
The "prefix" is found at the _______ of a word.
What is beginning?
200
An assessment (n.) is a tool that teachers use to _________(v.) student's knowledge of what they have learned.
What is assess?
200
The subject of a text.
What is the main idea?
200
A summary can be used to .......
What is demonstrate comprehension, find the important parts and/or report to others?
200
Texting a friend or having a conversation you would use ___________ style.
What is informal?
200
The "suffix" is found at the ______ of a word.
What is end?
300
If you are studying and there are other things going on around you, this may be a _______________.
What is a distraction?
300
To restate information in a simple way.
What is summarize?
300
To reword in one's own words....
What is paraphrase?
300
I am convinced that.....It is worth noting that....would be examples of _____________ style.
What is formal?
300
If you see the root "hydr" in a word, the word probably has to do with_________.
What is water?
400
When we mark certain parts of a text, we ________ it. 
What is highlight?
400
Three types of clues that are helpful in figuring out the meaning of the reading.
What are synonym, antonym and definition?
400
necessary or essential
What is relevant?
400
The structure of an opinion paragraph should include....
What are?
title, hook, transition, topic sentence, organization, main points, concluding sentence
400
If the root "graph" is in the word it might have something to do with_______.
What is writing?
500
This theory is about memory loss.
What is the "Forgetting curve"?
500
The acronym PIE refers to the author's purpose. The (3) purpose's are.......
What are:
persuade
inform
entertain
500
This is usually the first sentence of a summary that details what the summary is going to be about.
What is a topic sentence?
500
Arguably, they should be allowed to park where they want to. (Example of ________ style opinion writing)
What is formal?
500
When the word ends in "tion", it is most likely a _______.
What is a noun?
Bonus: give an example of a noun with this ending.