15. Recognizing Main Ideas+Advanced Reading Skills

Question 1

Key to academic success

Answer 1

Reading

Question 2

When reading a work of literature

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Student must read on an interpretive or analytic level

Question 3

Basic purpose of writing

Answer 3

Communication

Question 4

Journalists often use a _____ type of organization in news stories

Answer 4

Inverted pyramid; main idea is presented in title

Question 5

To master skill of reading

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You must first become an expert in identifying the main idea

Question 6

Often a short story, play, or poem will need to be read more than once

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First reading reveals story line

Subsequent readings should uncover the theme; often author’s insight or statement about truth and life

Question 7

What constitutes main idea of a literary piece?

Answer 7

Theme

Question 8

Main ideas in an expository writing is ____ to find

Answer 8

Easy

Question 9

Typically, and expository paragraph contains?

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A topic sentence at the beginning of paragraph, and all other sentences support that sentence

Question 10

The most important facts of a newspaper article are located in?

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The headline and the first paragraph

Question 11

A priori knowledge

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Knowledge acquired prior to examination of the facts (Latin: from what it is before)

Question 12

Deductive

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Arriving at inferences derived from the examination of general principles

Question 13

Inductive

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arriving at a particular conclusion from the examination of facts

Question 14

Inference

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The act of or process of arriving at a conclusion from facts or a premise

Question 15

Premise

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A presupposition from which a conclusion is drawn

Question 16

A well-organized paragraph is made up of?

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Ideas and supporting details

Question 17

Common details found in expository writing?

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Facts, dates, names, places, quotations, anecdotes, and illustrations

Question 18

Things to look at when unraveling difficult texts?

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Audience and purpose; who is author, who is he writing to and why?
Social/historical context
When a text was written and under what circumstances
Biographical information
Vocabulary

Question 19

Using context clues

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Author may inject hints about word meaning either consciously or unconsciously

Question 20

One context clue is the use of?

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Definition immediately after a word

Author may use an appositive or a clause or phrase set off by commas; often a synonym will be employed

Question 21

Two clauses are joined together by

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A semicolon or a colon
indicate that a list, summary, or restatement will follow main clause

Example: Mary sat quietly reminiscing, remembering former joyous times.
May sat quietly reminiscing; in her thoughts she was again sledding with her brothers and skating with her friends

Question 22

Sometimes the use of ____ will reveal the meaning of a word

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Contrast; although, nevertheless

Question 23

Examples and comparisons may also help?

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Reveal the meaning of a word

Question 24

If none of the devices for determining the meaning of a word appear?

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Look at the sentence as a whole

Question 25

Textbook writing is usually?

Answer 25

Clearly structured

Question 26

Author states main thesis for a chapter?

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In first paragraph or two; remaining paragraphs will support thesis; summary or conclusion will restate it

Question 27

6 types of structure to look for in expository writing:?

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Cause/ effect: history and sociology 
Extended definition:all subjects 
Classification/ division: sciences 
Illustration/ example
Process analysis: describes any process 
Comparison/ contrast

Question 28

Reader will often be able to see the structure and intent of a textbook in its?

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Table of contents

Question 29

Style

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Customary habit of speech or word usage a person employs

Question 30

No two people use?

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Identical word order, illustrations, or ways of proving points

Question 31

To imply

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To hint at something

Question 32

To infer

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To make an educated guess

Question 33

Writer does ____ while reader does ___

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Implying, inferring

Question 34

Inductive reasoning

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Inferring of a genealogy from particular instances

Question 35

Deductive reasoning

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The reverse process drawing a conclusion about a particular instance from general premises

Question 36

Inferences are

Answer 36

Conclusions or conjures