COACH LESSONS 7-12 Flashcards
a broad statement made about a text
generalization
an educated guess which should always be based on information and evidence in a passage
inference
central message a writer is trying to communicate with a text
main idea
authors develop main ideas with ________ ________
supporting details
each paragraph has its own central idea, usually expressed in a ______ _______
topic sentence
short restatement of a longer text in the reader’s own words
summary
an attempt to persuade someone on a topic to debate
argument
an attitude toward the subject; opinion about a subject
point of view
statement of the author’s point of view
claim
reveals the author’s feelings
loaded language
studying similarities
compare
evaluating differences
contrast
a point of comparison and contrast
author’s purpose
written at the time an event occurred
primary source
written after the event occurred
secondary source
patterns of organization
structures
organization of information or events in the order in which they happen
sequence
reason something happens. such as an event or action
cause
what happens as a result of the event or action
effect
