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ENG B Flashcards

1
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Reading is Making ______

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Meaning

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2
Q

the process of
looking at written symbols
and letters and
understanding the meaning
of them.

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Reading

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3
Q

Reading = Decoding + _________

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Comprehension

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4
Q

Identify the words in print

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word recognition

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5
Q

Construct an understanding

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comprehension

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6
Q

Coordinate identifying words and making meaning

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fluency

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7
Q

The one that can be
answered directly from
the text. Usually the
answer is given in a line

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LITERAL

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8
Q

The answer is not given in
a line but has to be
inferred.

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INFERENTIAL

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9
Q

The answer is not there in
the text at all, but is
based on the background
knowledge. So it may
vary

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EVALUATIVE

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10
Q

an activity that
used to help students
increase
their reading abilities

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Strategy

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11
Q

Looking at the readily
visible parts of the texts ,
like titles, subtitles, and
also visuals and graphs,
pictures and charts

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PREVIEWING

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12
Q

To read quickly to
get the general
idea of a passage

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SKIMMING

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13
Q

read the first and
last sentence of
the paragraph

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SKIMMING

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14
Q

read the
introduction and
the summary of
the whole text

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SKIMMING

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15
Q

read a few
examples until
you understand
the concepts

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SKIMMING

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16
Q

It is looking for a
specific
information

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SCANNING

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17
Q

search for
keywords; italics,
bold, underlined,
numbers

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SCANNING

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18
Q

move quickly
over pages

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SCANNING

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19
Q

less reading and
more searching

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SCANNING

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20
Q

words, phrases, and
sentences that surround an
unfamiliar word that can
help you recognize the
meaning of an unknown
word

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CONTEXT CLUES

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21
Q

Since it was raining outside,
I used my bumbershoot to
keep from getting wet.

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INFERENCE

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22
Q

We thought the athletes
would be famished after
their game, but they were
not hungry at all

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ANTONYM

23
Q

The ranivorous hawk, an
animal that eats frogs, is
found in central and eastern
Africa

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DEFINITION

24
Q

The young girl was very
aloof. She always seems
unsociable,
unapproachable, and
uninterested

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SYNONYMS

25
Q

actual
definition of a word

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DENOTATION

26
Q

it’s what we
think about when we hear a
word

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CONNOTATION

27
Q

the process of
reading that goes
beyond just
understanding a
text

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Critical reading

28
Q

Review background
information on the author, Reflect on your
knowledge of the topic

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Preview Your
Reading

29
Q

Take notes while reading, Jot down definitions and key concepts, Bookmark/flag, Rewrite sentences and/or paragraphs

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Annotate the Text

30
Q

Compose a brief summary, Discuss important details and examples, Compare reading selection to current knowledge. Become a critic

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Compose a
Summary and
Reaction

31
Q

Find videos, Check out SlideShare, Cliff’s Notes and SparkNotes?, Google, Good old Library

A

Use Supplements
and Additional
Resources

32
Q

any idea that is
stated

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explicit
information

33
Q

understood but it is not
stated

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implicit
information

34
Q

Look for clues

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implicit
information

35
Q

no need to look for
clues

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explicit
information

36
Q

an arguable
statement

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claim

37
Q

asserts that something has
existed, does exist, or will
exist

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Claim of fact

38
Q

debates whether it is true or
false

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Claim of fact

39
Q

asserts judgement whether
it is good or bad

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Claim of value

40
Q

it is claiming whether
something is good or bad or
the other thing is better
than the other one

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Claim of value

41
Q

it can be an assertion of the
past, present, or future.

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Claim of fact

42
Q

something that should or
should not be done.

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Claim of Policy

43
Q

the key word is the verb
“should”, implies that some
action ought to be taken,
but not that it must or will
be taken.

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Claim of Policy

44
Q

The process of using
symbols (letters of the
alphabet, punctuation and
spaces) to communicate
thoughts and ideas in a
readable form.

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writing

45
Q

anything you do before you write a draft
of your document. It includes thinking,
taking notes, talking to others,
brainstorming, outlining, and gathering
information (e.g., interviewing people,
researching in the library, assessing
data)

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pre-writing

46
Q

Begin at the top of a sheet of paper
and list down everything that comes
into your mind as fast as you can for a
certain amount of time.

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Brainstorming

47
Q

Start by writing a word or phrase at the
center of the page and encircle it; this
becomes your main topic.

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clustering or mapping

48
Q

Writing down your thoughts
nonstop, in the exact order,
language, and form in that you
think them

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FREE WRITING

49
Q

a book in which
you write down your personal
experiences and thoughts

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Journal writing

50
Q

the reason why you are writing

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purpose of your paper

51
Q

your target reader, to write effectively assume that you are writing to be read

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audience of your paper

52
Q

the subject or the
specific issue that your paper
will discuss.

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PAPER’s Topic

53
Q

attitudes and feelings
you want your writing
to reflect

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Tone of the writing

54
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