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31 Cards in this Set
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Facts |
information based on real, provable events, or situations |
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Opinions |
beliefs based on personal judgements, rather than indisputable facts |
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Biases |
opinions or beliefs that affect a persons ability to make fair, unclouded judgements or decisions |
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Stereotypes |
oversimplified opinions |
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Critical reading |
a reading style in which the reader carefully analyzes the text, judging its credibility and the authors intentions |
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Narrative |
text tells a story, or relates a chain of events |
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Expository |
introduces or explains a subject, gives groundwork information that is necessary for understanding later ideas, analyzes information objectively |
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Persuasive |
tries to get the reader to agree with the author |
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Topic |
general subject matter covered by the work |
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Main idea |
the work's specific message |
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Supporting details |
explain the main idea |
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Themes |
subjects that a written work frequently touches upon |
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Topic sentences |
express the main point of a paragraph, or of a larger text structure; usually paragraph starts with a topic sentence |
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Summary sentences |
generally appear at (or near) the end of a paragraph, chapter, section, or document |
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Logical conclusions |
an idea that follows from the facts or ideas presented in the text |
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inferences |
the next step to a logical conclusion that is not actually written in the text, rather, it is deduced by the reader, based on information that is in the text |
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Inform |
newspaper articles fall into this category |
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Persuade |
aim to lead reader to particular viewpoint, this sort of writing is often called "persuasive writting" |
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Entertain |
most fiction novels serve the purpose of entertainment |
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Express feelings |
a large amount of poetry is concerned with evoking a feeling or emotion in the reader |
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Historical context |
the time and place in which the piece was written will influence the work in some way |
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Text structure |
the way in which a given text is organized |
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Problem-solution structure |
might be illustrated by presenting the problem in one paragraph and the solution in the other, or the author may write one solid paragraph containing both the problem and the solution; just changing the font |
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Cause-effect structure |
the author normally presents an action first, and then describes the effects that result (or may result) from that action |
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Context |
consists of surrounding words, sentences, or paragraphs that usually help to reveal the word's meaning |
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Table of contents |
provides an overview of a document, outlining its basic structure and allowing the reader to quickly look up (and skip to) the section needed |
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Index |
provides a way of looking up various topics in the document, typically consists of a list of names; topics; and ideas mentioned in a text; followed by page numbers |
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Pie chart |
represents a concept with a circle (or pie) and then breaks down the 'pie' into 'slices' |
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Legend |
a small area that explains the symbols and notations used on the map |
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Distance scale |
information in the legend that tells the reader how to interpret distances on the map |
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Text features |
formatting devices as bold or italicized fonts, indented text, and bulleted or numbered lists
can be meaningful (and useful) if they are used consistently to acheive a distinct purpose |
