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Words that have the same or almost the same meaning
What is a SYNONYM?
100
Papa is LIKE a rolling stone. Papa is AS rolling as a stone. Renee IS a walking Ipad. Donnie WAS an encyclopedia.
What is a SIMILE and a METAPHOR?
100
Words that are SPELLED the same but have DIFFERENT meanings
What is a HOMOGRAPH?
100
A form of reasoning made up of 2 statements and a conclusion- 1. Fast Track Reading students passed the TABE 2. Vernon is in Rdg 73 so........ Conclusion- Vernon passed the Reading TABE
What is SYLLOGISM?
100
To learn; For fun; For information
What is WHY DO WE READ?
200
Words that have opposite meanings
What is an ANTONYM?
200
Words that SOUND like the actual sounds they name... shh; buzz; slurp; whoosh; clang...
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
200
They help you locate information- encyclopedia; thesaurus; "Books in Print"; world atlas; world almanac; "The Guinness of World Records"; "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations"; graphs; maps; dictionary; indexes; computerized card catalog
What is a REFERENCE SOURCE?
200
A simplified character who conforms to a fixed pattern of behavior or is defined by a single trait
What is a STEREOTYPE?
200
When you put the facts together with your common sense
What is DRAWING CONCLUSIONS?
300
Words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings
What is a HOMOPHONE?
300
I support the MAIN IDEA in any type of writing- facts; examples; explanations; definitions; illustrations; opinions
What are DETAILS?
300
A document with BLANK SPACES that need to be filled in in order to obtain services or products
What is a FORM?
300
What someone says or does and what other say about him or her
What is CHARACTER TRAITS?
300
WHY something happened and WHAT happened
What is CAUSE & EFFECT?
400
Words, phrases, and sentences that surround a word to help you with the unknown word's meaning
What is CONTEXT CLUES?
400
The ORDER in which things happen- first; next; then; this time; before, finally, after; at the bottom; since; currently...
What is SEQUENCE?
400
Some magazines and publications rate products and services using different types of rating systems
What are CONSUMER MATERIALS?
400
Specific details that fit together to support what a paragraph is mostly about
What is MAIN IDEA?
400
1. To state the most important ideas and details in a passage as briefly as possible; 2. To include all the details but state them in your own words
What is SUMMARIZING & PARAPHRASING?
500
Compares the relationship between pairs of words- part/whole cause/effect worker/product opposites
What is an ANALOGY?
500
Sometimes they're CLEARLY STATED and sometimes they're UNCLEARLY STATED
What is STATED CONCEPTS?
500
Am I predicting while I read? Am I connecting as I read? Am I visualizing what I'm reading about? Am I questioning if i don't understand what I'm reading?
What is METACOGNITION?
500
When a writer lists the way in which things or people are alike and different
What is COMPARE & CONTRAST?
500
Details or examples support the main idea of a general statement and... Facts and statistics support an opinion
What is SUPPORTING EVIDENCE?