Reading

Question 1

Argument

Answer 1

Statement of an authors claim and evidence used to support it

Question 2

Assumption

Answer 2

Evidence that connects authors evidence to conclusion based on that evidence

Question 3

Bold Print

Answer 3

Intended to emphasize certain words in text

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

Opinion that author holds and supports with evidence

Question 5

Connotative

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Context

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Denotative

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Dictionary

Answer 8

Book that contains a selection of words with their meanings

Question 9

Evidence

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Expository

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Figurative

Answer 11

Involving a figure of speech

Question 12

Figure of speech

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Flow chart

Answer 13

Diagram with shapes and lines shows the steps in a procedure

Question 14

Footnote

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Graph

Answer 15

Diagram that visually represents the values of 2 or more variables

Question 16

Heading

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Illustration caption

Answer 17

Title or brief explanation of a picture or illustration

Question 18

Index

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Inference

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Inform

Answer 20

Purpose for writing that involves communicating facts about the topic

Question 21

Italics

Answer 21

Done to emphasize a certain word with a subject

Question 22

Key word or phrase

Answer 22

Word to signal an idea of particular importance

Question 23

Map

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Map legend

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Metaphor

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Mode

Answer 26

Type of text

Question 27

Narrative

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Personification

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Persuade

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Persuasive

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Point of view

Answer 31

Authors perspective or opinion on a topic

Question 32

Prediction

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Primary source

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Purpose

Answer 34

Authors reason for writing a text or presenting a graphic

Question 35

Quotation

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Scope

Answer 36

Specific aspect of the topic on which the author focuses

Question 37

Secondary source

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Sidebar

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Simile

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Strategic

Answer 40

Plan of action,

Question 41

Synonym

Answer 41

Having the same or nearly the same meaning as another

Question 42

Table

Answer 42

Values arranged into rows and columns

Question 43

Table of Contents

Answer 43

List of divisions by topics

Question 44

Theme

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Thesaurus

Answer 45

Dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

Question 46

Title

Answer 46

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

Question 47

Tone

Answer 47

Emotional content of a stimulus

Question 48

Topic

Answer 48

Authors overall subject matter