Reading Flashcards
Argument
Statement of an authors claim and evidence used to support it
Assumption
Evidence that connects authors evidence to conclusion based on that evidence
Bold Print
Intended to emphasize certain words in text
Conclusion
Opinion that author holds and supports with evidence
Connotative
Referring to a secondary or associative meaning of a word, raising a feeling about the word
Context
Words that are used with a certain phrase or word that help the reader determine its meaning
Denotative
Referring to the direct or explicit meaning of a word, Ex: dictionary key terms
Dictionary
Book that contains a selection of words with their meanings
Evidence
Explicit support the author provides for a claim that does not have to be inferred or assumed
Expository
Mode of writing in which the author intends to explain or inform
Figurative
Involving a figure of speech
Figure of speech
Expressive use of language in which words are used in other than their literal sense to suggest an image/pic.
Flow chart
Diagram with shapes and lines shows the steps in a procedure
Footnote
Explanatory note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of text on the page
Graph
Diagram that visually represents the values of 2 or more variables
Heading
Title or caption at the beginning of a chapter, page or other section of text that typically summarizes what follow
Illustration caption
Title or brief explanation of a picture or illustration
Index
Detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, events and other important topics in the text
Inference
An unstated fact or conclusion that follows logically from an explicit statement or statements in stimulus
Inform
Purpose for writing that involves communicating facts about the topic
Italics
Done to emphasize a certain word with a subject
Key word or phrase
Word to signal an idea of particular importance
Map
Short notes about the topic, scope and purpose of a stimulus
Map legend
Small box that explains what the symbols found on the map mean
Metaphor
Figure of speech where a word is applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable
Mode
Type of text
Narrative
Mode of writing in which the author intends to tell a story
Personification
Human characteristics are attributed to animals, inanimate objects or abstract concepts
Persuade
Purpose for writing that involves arguing for a particular point of view
Persuasive
Mode of writing in which the author intends to convince or compel
Point of view
Authors perspective or opinion on a topic
Prediction
Readers statement or expectation about will happen, based on information given in stimulus
Primary source
Work produced by the person who actually experience or witnessed an event
Purpose
Authors reason for writing a text or presenting a graphic
Quotation
Text that is copied word for word from work by another author
Scope
Specific aspect of the topic on which the author focuses
Secondary source
Work produced by a person at least one step removed from actual experience or event in the topic
Sidebar
Distinct section of a page that comments on or supplements main text
Simile
Two dissimilar things are explicitly compared, frequently using LIKE or AS
Strategic
Plan of action,
Synonym
Having the same or nearly the same meaning as another
Table
Values arranged into rows and columns
Table of Contents
List of divisions by topics
Theme
Subject or central idea of a piece of work Different text or graphic works may share same theme
Thesaurus
Dictionary of synonyms and antonyms
Title
Distinguish name of book, story, piece of music etc.
Tone
Emotional content of a stimulus
Topic
Authors overall subject matter
