Concepts I
It is a compilation of all the important points of a text in a short form.
What is a summary?
It is a text that talks about scientific concepts and makes them less complicated for the reader.
What is a scientific text?
What do you call texts that are based on facts and information?
What is nonfiction?
small: tiny
synonyms
school : classroom
whole-part
It is an arrangement of events based on time.
What is a chronology?
It is an arrangement of events based on their narrative.
What is a sequence?
What do you call texts that are based on the imagination?
What is fiction?
amazing: horrible
antonyms
cat: Siamese
category-example
It refers to a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have.
What is an inference?
It is the the central premise of the story/text.
What is a main idea?
What do you call nonfiction texts that use the techniques of fiction?
What is literary nonfiction/creative nonfiction?
cut: bleed
cause and effect
magnificent : nice
decreasing intensity
It refers to hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.
What are context clues?
It refers to sources that are considered to be first-hand.
What are primary sources?
What do you call texts that explain historical concepts in a way that the reader can understand easily?
What is historical nonfiction?
sugar: dessert
source to product
bad : worst
increasing intensity
It refers to ideas that are intended to provide extra details or information regarding the text.
What are supporting details?
It refers to sources that synthesize original information.
What are secondary sources?
What do you call texts that are based on historical concepts, yet are completely a part of one's imagination?
What is historical fiction?
policeman: handcuff
user-tool
crayon: draw
tool and action