READING COMPREHENSION 3RD EXAMINATION Flashcards
A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action
Idea
A writer may give many __ in one text
Ideas
There is only but one ____ _____
Main idea (Idea)
All the rest of the expressed ideas are called ____ ideas
Supporting
The ___ ___ the writer expresses about the topic
Key point (main idea)
The key point the writer expresses about the topic
Main idea
Considered as the backbone of the text
Main idea
Where all the details revolve around it
Main idea
details in the text
Supporting ideas
help in the formation of the main idea
Supporting ideas
May be big or small details
Supporting ideas
To find the ____ ______, one needs to know the topic of the paragraph or composition.
main idea (getting the main idea as a skill)
Every story or paragraph has a ____ _____
Main idea
The ___ ___ tells you what the story is about
Main idea
It may be the lesson learned or moral of a story
Main idea
It is the most important part of a story or paragraph
Main idea
The things that describe the main idea
Supporting details
Make the main idea stronger
Supporting details
Presents or describes the point of the paragraph
Topic sentence
The main idea of the paragraph
Topic sentence
Located at the beginning, middle or end of the paragraph
Topic sentence
- Read the first sentence of the paragraph very carefully because most authors state their topic sentence at the beginning of the paragraph
STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE
- Browse the sentences in the paragraph to identify what they describe.
The sentence that best describes the topic of the paragraph is the topic sentence
STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE
- Fin the concept or idea being tackled, which in a colloquial term, is the “big word” in the paragraph.
The sentence that defines the big word is usually the topic sentence
STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE
- Identify the purpose of the paragraph.
The sentence that presents or describes the purpose is the topic sentence
STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE
- Observe the writing style of the author.
Focus specifically on where he / she usually places his/her topic sentence
STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE
The inverse pyramid is the?
Beginning
The diamond is the?
Middle
The pyramid is the?
End
The hourglass is the?
Beginning and end
The rectangular is the?
Implied
Condensed version from the original one
Summary
A brief statement or account of the main points of something
Summary
A capsule that covers the main points succinctly
Summary
Should be comprehensive
Summary
General idea in brief form
Summary
Distillation, condensation or deduction of a larger work into its primary notions
Summary
In reading longer compositions, a good reader will find that each paragraph contains a major topic which is part of the development of the overall central point or the ______
abstract
How we take larger selections of text and reduce them to their bare essentials
Summarizing as a skill
In reading longer compositions, a good reader will find that each paragraph contains a major topic which is part of the development of the overall central point or the abstract
Summary
The gist, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and remembering
Summarizing as a skill
- Read the information source several times as needed for you to fully understand the material.
Summarizing Techniques
The _____, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and remembering
gist
- Construct the sentence clearly:
don’t forget to include the main points you want to deliver. For this, jot down on a piece of paper the main concept
Summarizing Techniques
- Keep it brief: Don’t lose the original essence but try to make it look more laconic, reduce and delete all the unessential sentence ruthlessly.
Summarizing Techniques
- In the paragraph, don’t be tempted by the desire to stick to your own interpretation draw the distinct like between you opinion and someone’s thoughts.
Summarizing Techniques
- Don’t bore your readers; very the introduction of your sources.
e.g.
“according to”
:some authors or sources conclude that” and other variants
Summarizing Techniques
