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Context Clues
Main Ideas
Supporting Details
Implied Main Ideas/The Power of Reading
Vocabulary
100
A type of context clue that relates to an unknown word.
What is Example.
100
Reading is an ________ process.
What is Active
100
Details that explain and develp the main idea.
What is Major Details.
100
To figure out on your own.
What is Infer.
100
Textbook authors typically set off important words in italic or __________.
What is Boldface.
200
A type of context clue where one or more words mean the same or almost the same thing.
What is Synonym
200
Recognizing the main idea is the most important key to good _____________.
What is Comprehension.
200
Details that help fill out and make clear the major details.
What is Minor Details.
200
Reading for pleasure.
What is The Power of Entertainment.
200
Think of the main ideas as an __________ idea.
What is Umbrella.
300
A type of context clue where a word or phrase means the opposite of another word.
What is Antonym
300
The most common place to find the main idea is at the _____________________.
What is Beginning.
300
The reduction of a large amount of information to its most important points.
What is Summary
300
The main idea is suggested, not clearly stated.
What is Implied
300
Use the ___________ to lead you to the main idea. (The general subject of a selection.)
What is Topic.
400
A type of context clue where you must draw conclusions based on the information given with the word.
What is General Sense of the Sentence or Passage
400
Specific evidence such as examples, causes, reasons, or facts.
What is Supporting Details.
400
Visual outlines.
What is Maps.
400
The reading power that enlarges the mind and the heart.
What is Human Power.
400
Authors often present their main idea in a single sentence.
What is Main Idea Sentence of Topic Sentence.
500
Words that surround the unfamiliar word and provide clues to the word's meaning.
What is Context Clues
500
Name two places the main idea can be found in a passage other than the beginning.
What is Middle and End.
500
Show the relationship between the main idea, major details, and minor details of a passage.
What is Outlines.
500
The power of reading that strengthens your grammar and writing style.
What is Language Power.
500
___________ tell you a list of items will follow.
What is List Words.