What are the four types of context clues?
Definition, Example, Contrast, Logic of the passage
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are the four types of context clues? | Definition, Example, Contrast, Logic of the passage |
| What is a prefix? | The prefix is the main part of the word |
| What is a root? | The root is the key part of the word that carries its core meaning |
| What is a suffix? | The suffix appears at the end of a word |
| What are idioms? | An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the phrase's individual words (it's raining cats and dogs) |
| What is a thesis? | What the entire reading is about. (the most important, general idea that the entire reading selection explains) |
| What are the stated main ideas, and where are they located? | A main idea expresses a single idea about the topic of a paragraph. They are often located directly in the topic sentence. |
| What are supporting details? | Supporting details are facts and ideas that prove or explain a paragraph's main idea |
| How can you find implied main ideas? | When a main idea is implied, it is not stated outright. To find an implied main idea, you have to look at the details in the paragraph and figure out the writer's main point |
| What is the function of transitions? | Transitions are linking words or phrases that lead the reader from one idea to another (often used to alert the reader) |
| What types of visual aids are commonly found in reading materials? | All visual aids share one goal: to illustrate concepts and help you understand them better. Most common visual aids are photographs, bar graphs, cartoons, charts, diagrams, infographics, line graphs, maps, pie charts, tables, simulations, videos, etc. |
| How do you read and interpret photographs? | First read the text that accompanies the photo and the photo caption. Examine your first overall impression and the details of the photo. Then look for connections to the reading selection. |
| How should you read and interpret graphics? | First look for a reference in the text, read the graphic's title and caption, and examine how its organized. Then look at the legend and analyze the graphic, studying the data to identify trends or patterns |
| How do you analyze and evaluate the different types of visual aids? | First, examine their content and determine why the author selected them for inclusion, closely evaluate the source; check the accompanying text, title, and caption for bias. |
| What is an inference | A reasoned guess about what you don't know based on what you do know. |
| Why do authors leave ideas unstated? | Writers do not always present their ideas directly; they often leave it to think beyond the facts presented and infer the meaning they intended |
| How do you make accurate inferences? | First, understand the literal meaning of the reading selection, pay attention to details, ask what is unusual or striking about them, and why they have been included, add up the facts, asking what they point to. |
| What are facts? | verifiable statements: you can determine whether they are true or false |
| What are opinions? | express attitudes, feelings, or personal beliefs |
| How can you identify the author’s purpose? | Authors usually address specific audiences. Depending on their purpose, authors adjust content, language, and method of presentation to suit their audience |
| What is tone and why is it useful to recognize it? | Refers to the attitude or feelings an author expresses about his or her subject. Recognizing this will help you evaluate what the writer is attempting through his or her writing |
| What is bias and why is it helpful to identify it? | Refers to an author's partiality toward a particular viewpoint. Recognizing this will help you evaluate whether the author is providing objective, complete information |
| What are data and evidence and why should you evaluate them? | Used to support statements, opinions, and viewpoints, by evaluating this you will be able to decide whether to accept a writer's position |
| What is connotative language and why should you analyze it? | Refers to a word’s implied meanings or nuances. By analyzing this you will uncover writers' efforts to create favorable or unfavorable impressions of their subjects |
| What is figurative language and why should you analyze it? | A way of describing something that makes sense on an imaginative level but not on a literal level. Compares two unlike things that have something in common. By understanding this the writer use of language and gain a fuller understanding of how the writer views his or her subject |
| What factors should you consider in evaluating source materials? | you must evaluate each source's content, accuracy, authority, timeliness, and objectivity |
| What is an argument? | A discussion in which a person expresses his or her point of view about a topic. |
| What are the elements of an argument? | A good argument has three parts. First, it addresses an issue, problem, then, it takes a position, finally, the argument offers support for the claim, usually in the form of reasons, evidence, and sometimes emotional appeals. Some arguments consider opposing viewpoints |
| How do you read an argument effectively? | Think before you read. ask yourself questions. Read actively, annotate and highlight key terms, draw a diagram or map to analyze the argument's structure |
| How do you evaluate an argument? | Consider the accuracy of the evidence and premises, then examine the relevancy and sufficiency of evidence and whether terms have been clearly and fully defined, finally look for unfair emotional appeals and evaluate the author's use of them |
| What are errors and logic and how do you recognize them? | They invalidate an argument or render it flawed, be on the lookout for circular reasoning, false analogies, hasty generalizations, etc. |
| What can you expect when reading literature? | You can expect to do a good deal of reading and writing, adjust your reading speed as necessary, read each work several times, annotate as you read, look for an interpretation, focus on themes and patterns |
| Which strategies can you use for reading poetry? | Read poems once straight through, use punctuation to guide your comprehension, notice the action, analyze the poem's intent, determine who is speaking, define the speaker's tone, identify to whom the poem is addressed |
| what are the elements of a short story? | Plot, setting, characters, Point of view, tone, theme |