hints or indications of meaning that you will find in the sentence or paragraph that you are reading
What is Context Clues?
100
stating the unknown based on known information; an informed guess
What is an Inference?
100
an author's reason for communicating and what he/she hopes to accomplish with that communication
What is Author's Purpose?
200
Preview the material by looking at elements such as the introduction, title, headings, subheadings, boldfaced and italicized items, and graphics.
What is Survey?
200
a word part that attaches to the front of a word and alters its meaning
What is a Prefix?
200
on the contrary, notwithstanding, but, however, nevertheless
What are Signal Words (or Transitional Phrases) for Contrast pattern of development?
200
reading material written in academic style for the purpose of instruction
What is a textbook?
300
RRR
What is Read, Recite, Review
300
a word part that attaches to the end of a word and changes its meaning
What is a Suffix?
300
Your criminal justice professor tells the class he is going to present the similarities and differences between misdemeanor crimes and felonies. (pattern of organization)
What is Compare-Contrast?
300
author's purpose that advocates the author's position or ideas; attempts to alter or influence the reader's view or course of action; evaluates or judges
What is persuade or convince?
400
make comments in the margins of a book while you are reading
What is Annotate?
400
includes the denotation and adds the emotional weight of a word
What is Connotation?
400
a type of inference that is made after an identifiable set of clues is presented that make a point seem likely
What is a Conclusion?
400
the author's attitude and mood toward a subject, and the stance taken toward the audience