Key terms ( English)

Question 1

Skimming

Answer 1

quickly understanding what is going on without reading every single word completely.

Question 2

Scan

Answer 2

to use keywords to find specific information in a text.

Question 3

Deduction

Answer 3

adding up information in a text to find an overall meaning

Question 4

Explicit

Answer 4

Words that tell the reader something directly

Question 5

Implicit

Answer 5

Words that give clues and suggestions to a meaning that the reader must try and work out

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

A comparison between two things that uses the word as or like

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A type of comparison that describes one thing as it is something else

Question 8

Narrative

Answer 8

A series of connected events presented in the form of a story ( fiction or non-fiction) ; a narrative usually has at least one main character and offen includes their thoughts and feelings

Question 9

Non- narrative

Answer 9

Information ( usually non - fiction that is presented in factual or statiscal groups , not necessarily in chronological order ( e.g in a leatkt dictionary or encyclopedia

Question 10

Point of view

Answer 10

A personal opinion or a way of looking at something