Ch. 8 Comprehension Flashcards
A type of procedure in which one supplies missing words…
Closed Procedure
Part of text that is combined, deleted, and integrated to form a macrostructure.
Proposition
a running summary of text…
Macrostructure
Propositions that are toward the top of the text hierarchy….
General statement
Propositions that are toward the lower part of the text hierarchy….
Details
Another word for schemes…
Story Grammars
This technique improves comprehension, provides a sense of text structure and develops language skills for average and struggling learners…
Retelling
Which kind of telling is explaining everyday tasks…
Pretelling
Which kind of telling involves bein aided first by illustrations and then by artifacts…
Guided retelling
Which kind of telling involves acting o ut a scene or story they have read or heard….
Reenactment
Which type of text includes science articles, how to features and historical text….?
Informational Text
The way an author organizes his or her ideas….
Text Structure
This type of text is based on this more straightforward style of thinking…
Narrative Text
This type of text is based on the more complex logical–scientific style….
Informational Text
What is the three-fold payoff for having a knowledge of structure?
- Provides a clearer view of the relationship among ideas
- Is its framework to aid in retention of information.
- It focuses attention on individual ideas