COACH LESSONS 7-12

Question 1

a broad statement made about a text

Answer 1

generalization

Question 2

an educated guess which should always be based on information and evidence in a passage

Answer 2

inference

Question 3

central message a writer is trying to communicate with a text

Answer 3

main idea

Question 4

authors develop main ideas with ________ ________

Answer 4

supporting details

Question 5

each paragraph has its own central idea, usually expressed in a ______ _______

Answer 5

topic sentence

Question 6

short restatement of a longer text in the reader’s own words

Answer 6

summary

Question 7

an attempt to persuade someone on a topic to debate

Answer 7

argument

Question 8

an attitude toward the subject; opinion about a subject

Answer 8

point of view

Question 9

statement of the author’s point of view

Answer 9

claim

Question 10

reveals the author’s feelings

Answer 10

loaded language

Question 11

studying similarities

Answer 11

compare

Question 12

evaluating differences

Answer 12

contrast

Question 13

a point of comparison and contrast

Answer 13

author’s purpose

Question 14

written at the time an event occurred

Answer 14

primary source

Question 15

written after the event occurred

Answer 15

secondary source

Question 16

patterns of organization

Answer 16

structures

Question 17

organization of information or events in the order in which they happen

Answer 17

sequence

Question 18

reason something happens. such as an event or action

Answer 18

cause

Question 19

what happens as a result of the event or action

Answer 19

effect