READING Flashcards
what are the four passage types?
expository
technical
narrative
persuasive
expository paragraphs…
explains, describes, and/or inform
technical paragraphs…
gives direction or instructs
persuasive paragraphs…
persuades or convinces
what is a topic?
the general subject of a paragraph or passage
what is a main idea?
the purpose of a paragraph or passage
what are supporting details?
they explain or illustrate the main idea
what is a theme?
a central idea or concept
what is a context?
a set of facts that surround a certain event or situation
what are the four types of the “authors purpose”
to persuade
to inform
to entertain
to express
(authors purpose) to persuade is to
convince the reader to agree with the author
(example : sales, letters, campaign speeches)
(authors purpose) to inform is to
give information
(example : instructions, directions, teaching)
(authors purpose) to entertain is to
amuse readers
(example - novel, short story, poem, play)
(authors purpose) to express is to
share thoughts or feelings
(example : journal entries)
types of text structure
cause and effect
chronological
compare and contrast
order of importance
problem and solution
sequence
descriptive
cause and effect
cause - why something happened
effect - why it happened
chronological
events written in the order they occur
compare and contrast
looking for similarities between two or more things
order of importance
ideas expressed in order priority (from most important to least important)
problem and solution
problem - passage showing a problem
solution - offers a solution to the problem
sequence
passage describing steps in a process in the order they occur
descriptive
providing the reader with a mental picture of what is occurring
set of directions
reading labels
printed communications
charts and graphs
narrative paragraphs
tells a story
