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READING Flashcards

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What forms can primary sources originate from?

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Published or unpublished documents, recordings or artifacts.

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Define primary sources.

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Firsthand records of events, theories, opinions, or actions.

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What is important to remember regarding the forms of primary sources?

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They must be contemporary to the events, people or information that is at issue.

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List three challenges that come with primary sources.

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Sometimes the only thing written about an event was written 100 years after the event; thus voiding it as a primary source.
Primary sources may not be accurate due to a person’s perception of the event.
Primary sources are often ambiguous and fragmentary, making them difficult to analyze.

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Can a primary source be found outside of artifacts and writings?

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Yes

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What websites offer a non biased approach to presenting reliable sources?

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Government, educational, organization sites

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What are facts?

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Information based on real, provable events, or situations.

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What are opinions?

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Opinions are beliefs based on personal judgments, rather than on indisputable facts.

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Define biases.

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Biases are opinions or beliefs that affect a person’s ability to make fair, unclouded judgments or decisions.

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Define stereotypes.

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Stereotypes are oversimplified opinions, that do not account for individual differences, about an entire group of people or things.

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What is critical reading?

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A reading style in which the reader analyzes the text and finds the authors intentions rather than simply accepting the material as fact.

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What is the purpose of using text features?

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To add meaning, change meaning, or add clarity.

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Name some examples of text features.

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Text features include such formatting devices as bold or italicizes fonts, indented text, and bulleted or numbered lists.

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What is the purpose of a superscript that is a number?

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The superscript references a footnote.

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What is the purpose of headings and subheadings?

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Headings and subheadings organize text.

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What are headings?

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Headings are titles that preface a section of text.

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What is a compass rose?

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A compass rose is a symbol that indicates the cardinal directions. North, south, east, and west.

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What are subheadings?

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Subheadings are headings that appear below other headings.

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Where are headings and subheadings often listed?

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In a books table of contents along with the chapter listings.

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Headings typically appear in what type of documents?

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Non-fiction documents

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In order to make text features useful what must always happen?

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It must be applied consistently

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Where would you go to find an item list of the locations of all printed resources in a library?

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A library catalog.

22
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How are library catalogs organized?

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Each item corresponds to a book, is organized by topic and author, and is associated with the call number that directs the person to where it is in the library.

23
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What does the table of contents provide?

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An overview of a document.

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What does the index provide?

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The index provides a way of looking up various topics in the document.

25
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What does an index consist of?

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An index consists of a list of names, topics, and ideas

26
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What type of documents have both a table of contents and an index?

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Printed nonfiction documents.

27
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Does short, printed, nonfiction documents have a table of contents and an index?

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It may have a table of contents but not an index.

28
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What is the major difference between a table of contents and an index?

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Table of contents is good for learning the documents overall structure whereas the index is best used when the reader must find a reference to a very specific detail.

29
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What is the definition of text structure?

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How a text is organized.

30
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What is the point of text structure?

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Text structure makes text easier to read, and helps to emphasize the authors point.

31
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What would be a good way to present a sequence of ideas?

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As a bulleted or numbered list.

32
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What can be used to enhance text structure?

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Formatting

33
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What are some types of formatting that can be used to enhance text structure?

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Bold words, new paragraph, and lists

34
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What type of text structure is a problem – solution structure?

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Where a problem is presented and the solution is given.

35
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What is the comparison – contrast text structure?

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Presents two different cases, usually with the intent of making the reader consider the differences or similarities between the two cases

36
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What type of text structure is sequence?

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Sequence is a sequence of ideas that can be put in a bulleted or numbered list.

37
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What is cause – effect structure?

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Cause – effect structure is where the author normally presents an action first, and then describes the effects that result from that action.

38
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What type of text structure is description?

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Description tends to describe or characterize a person, thing, or idea.

39
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List the five types of text structure.

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Sequence, problem – solution, cause – effect, comparison - contrast, description

40
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What does historical context mean?

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Historical context means that the time and place in which the piece was written will influence the work in someway.

41
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Explain what the topic of a written work is.

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The topic is the general subject matter covered by the work.

42
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What is the main idea of a written work?

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The main idea is the works specific message. It is the reason the text was written.

43
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What do supporting details explain in a written work.

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The main idea.

44
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What are themes in a written work?

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Themes are subjects that a written work frequently touches upon.

45
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What does a topic sentence express?

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the main point of a paragraph or of a larger document

46
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What is the purpose of a summary sentence?

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To provide closure for a piece of text.

47
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What does the summary sentence usually do?

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Reiterate the topic and may draw a conclusion that was not fully explained in the topic sentence.

48
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What does the topic sentence make?

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The topic sentence makes a statement that the remaining sentences explain.

49
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What does a summary sentence provide?

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Closure

50
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What is a logical conclusion?

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A logical conclusion is an idea that follows from the facts or ideas presented in the text.

51
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When drawing a logical conclusion from a written text does the conclusion need to be factual or true?

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No. It does not need to be factual or true it can be completely illogical when viewed on its own.

52
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Writing usually serves a specific purpose. What are the four purposes of writing?

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Inform, persuade, entertain, express feelings

53
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What specific purpose are advertisements written for?

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To persuade the reader

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