Academic Vocab Quiz Flashcards
The combination of ideas values feelings beliefs that influences the way a writer looks at the topic
- main idea
- authors perspective
- implicit
Authors perspective
A specific piece of information that supports a claim –fact quote example statistics personal experience
- evidence
- dialect
- figurative language
Evidence
Most important idea about a topic that a writer conveys can be from entire work or paragraph usually supported by details
- predict
- chronological order
- main idea
Main idea
The process of establishing specific reasons the reading of the text
- summarize
- setting a purpose
- argument
Setting a purpose
Briefly tell the main ideas of a piece of writing in ones own word
- argument
- setting a purpose
- summarize
Summarize
Element of the text (bold face headings caption) that organize and call attention to important details
- prior knowledge
- text feature
- cause and effect
Text feature
Knowledge a reader already possesses about a topic
- Prior knowledge
- explicit
- dialect
Prior knowledge
When one event brings about another. Can also be a way of organizing a piece of writing helps show relationships
- Inference
- cause and effect
- Setting a purpose
Cause and effect
A logical guess that is made based on facts and one’s own knowledge.
- Authors purpose
- evidence
- inference
Inference
Stated clearly and in detail leaving no room for confusion or doubt
- explicit
- implicit
- dialect
Explicit
Not stated directly but understood and what is expressed
- implicit
- explicit
- cause effect
Implicit
A reading strategy that involves using text clues to make a reasonable guess about what will happen next in the story
- monitor
- chronological order
- predict
Predict
Checking your comprehension as you read and modifying strategies to meet your needs
- predict
- explicit
- monitor
Monitor
Arrangement of events by their order used in fictional narrative or biographies
- compare contrast
- chronological order
- generalization
Chronological order
Frying the similarities and differences of two or more subjects. Can also be a way to organize it writing
- chronological order
- predict
- compare contrast
Compare contrast
When you encounter unfamiliar words you can use these to understand it. Words phrases surrounding the word that provide hints to its meaning
- fact opinion
- conclusion
- context clues
Context clues
Statement that can be proved or verified in a statement that cannot be proved because it expresses a persons beliefs feelings
- characterization
- true false
- facts opinion
Fact opinion
State of belief based on evidence experience and reasoning. Logically follows from the facts statements on which it is based
characterization
context clues
conclusion
Conclusion
The way a writer creates or develop characters
Bias
anecdotal
characterization
Characterization
Used to search through text for a particular fat piece of information. Sweep your eyes across the page by
Bias
evaluate
scanning
Scanning
The side of an issue the author favors. Words with an extremely positive or negative connotation are a symbol
evaluate
persuasion
Bias
Bias
To examine something carefully and to judge its value and worth
evaluate
generalization
argument
Evaluate
Speaking or writing that expresses a position on a problem. Supports it with reasons and evidence. Often takes into other’s accounts others points of view
Claim
Argument
Persuasion
Argument
In an argument this is the writers position on an issue or problem. May have more than one
generalization
persuasion
claim
Claim
Art of swaying others feelings beliefs or actions. Appeals to both the mind and emotions of readers
persuasion
generalization
dialect
Persuasion
Brad statement about a class or category of people or ideas. This is based on the belief about some ideas
arguments
scanning
generalization
Generalization
When words are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true. Used for compassion
predict
figurative language
Monitor
Figurative language
Form of language that is spoken in a particular place or buy a particular group of people.
Dialect
predict
Inference
Dialect
Writing meant to express thoughts or feelings to inform or explain to persuade or to entertain
- Authors perspective
- Evidence
- Authors purpose
Authors purpose
The ideas or feelings associated with the word as opposed to a dictionary definition
Denotation
Connotation
Dialect
Connotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Covey
Relevant
Denotation
Denotation
Restating of information in one’s own words
Support
Analyze
Paraphrase
Paraphrase
Any information that helps prove a claim
Support
Context clues
Conclusion
Support
To make known or express
Relevant
Influence
Convey
Convey
Having a logical connection with something else
Paraphrase
Relevant
Summarize
Relevant
Two separate words into parts and then examine
Distinctive
Significant
Analyze
Analyze
Unique clearly different
Climax
Resolution
Distinctive
Distinctive
Important meaningful
Significant
Clarify
Connotation
Significant
A strategy that helps readers understand make clear what they are reading usually does a really reading reading aloud or discussion
Significant
Analyze
Clarify
Clarify
Point of greatest interest of the story usually occurs towards the end, conflict
Climax
Resolution
Structure
Climax
End conflict
completely resolved
outcome clear
Climax
Dialogue
Resolution
Resolution
Conversation between two characters
Evidence
Dialogue
Inference
Dialogue
First stage of the story plot provides back info introduces setting characters and conflict.
Explicit
Exposition
Evaluate
Exposition
Struggle of opposing forces, problems
predict
idiom
conflict
Conflict
Relating to the manner of organization
structure
analyze
paraphrase
Structure
Relating to the five senses
influence
stereotyping
sensory
Sensory
Ability or power to affect thought behavior or development influence
distinctive
significant
Influence
Dangerous type of overgeneralization. Can lead to unfairjudgments of people based on an ethnic background race or religion
idiom
clarify
stereotype
Stereotyping
Expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of individual words
Inference
Idiom
Predict
Idiom
