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Reading Flashcards

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Argument

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Statement of an authors claim and evidence used to support it

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Assumption

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Evidence that connects authors evidence to conclusion based on that evidence

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Bold Print

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Intended to emphasize certain words in text

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Conclusion

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Opinion that author holds and supports with evidence

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Connotative

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Referring to a secondary or associative meaning of a word, raising a feeling about the word

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Context

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Words that are used with a certain phrase or word that help the reader determine its meaning

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Denotative

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Referring to the direct or explicit meaning of a word, Ex: dictionary key terms

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Dictionary

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Book that contains a selection of words with their meanings

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Evidence

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Explicit support the author provides for a claim that does not have to be inferred or assumed

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Expository

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Mode of writing in which the author intends to explain or inform

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Figurative

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Involving a figure of speech

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Figure of speech

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Expressive use of language in which words are used in other than their literal sense to suggest an image/pic.

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Flow chart

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Diagram with shapes and lines shows the steps in a procedure

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Footnote

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Explanatory note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of text on the page

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Graph

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Diagram that visually represents the values of 2 or more variables

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Heading

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Title or caption at the beginning of a chapter, page or other section of text that typically summarizes what follow

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Illustration caption

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Title or brief explanation of a picture or illustration

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Index

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Detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, events and other important topics in the text

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Inference

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An unstated fact or conclusion that follows logically from an explicit statement or statements in stimulus

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Inform

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Purpose for writing that involves communicating facts about the topic

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Italics

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Done to emphasize a certain word with a subject

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Key word or phrase

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Word to signal an idea of particular importance

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Map

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Short notes about the topic, scope and purpose of a stimulus

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Map legend

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Small box that explains what the symbols found on the map mean

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech where a word is applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable

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Mode

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Type of text

27
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Narrative

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Mode of writing in which the author intends to tell a story

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Personification

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Human characteristics are attributed to animals, inanimate objects or abstract concepts

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Persuade

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Purpose for writing that involves arguing for a particular point of view

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Persuasive

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Mode of writing in which the author intends to convince or compel

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Point of view

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Authors perspective or opinion on a topic

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Prediction

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Readers statement or expectation about will happen, based on information given in stimulus

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Primary source

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Work produced by the person who actually experience or witnessed an event

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Purpose

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Authors reason for writing a text or presenting a graphic

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Quotation

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Text that is copied word for word from work by another author

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Scope

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Specific aspect of the topic on which the author focuses

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Secondary source

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Work produced by a person at least one step removed from actual experience or event in the topic

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Sidebar

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Distinct section of a page that comments on or supplements main text

39
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Simile

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Two dissimilar things are explicitly compared, frequently using LIKE or AS

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Strategic

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Plan of action,

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Synonym

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Having the same or nearly the same meaning as another

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Table

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Values arranged into rows and columns

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Table of Contents

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List of divisions by topics

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Theme

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Subject or central idea of a piece of work Different text or graphic works may share same theme

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Thesaurus

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Dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

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Title

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Distinguish name of book, story, piece of music etc.

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Tone

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Emotional content of a stimulus

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Topic

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Authors overall subject matter

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