Reading section

Question 1

primary sources

Answer 1

firsthand records of events, theories, opinions or actions

- not written 100s of years after event

Question 2

facts

Answer 2

information based on real, provable events or situations

Question 3

opinions

Answer 3

beliefs based on personal judgments, rather than fact

Question 4

biases

Answer 4

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

Question 5

stereotypes

Answer 5

oversimplified opinions about entire groups of people or things
- do not account for individual differences

Question 6

critical reading

Answer 6

reader analyzes the text

Question 7

author’s purpose

Answer 7

main reason for writing a piece

Question 8

narrative text

Answer 8

tells a story or relates a chain of events

Question 9

expository passage

Answer 9

• introduces or explains a subject
• gives groundwork info that is necessary for understanding later ideas
• or, analyzes information objectively

Question 10

technical writing

Answer 10

passes along precise information

• usually about a specific topic
• formal or semi-formal style
• more specific that expository

Question 11

persuasive writing

Answer 11

tries to get the reader to agree with author

Question 12

topic

Answer 12

general subject matter covered by the work

Question 13

main idea

Answer 13

• work’s specific message

- reason the text was written

Question 14

supporting details

Answer 14

flesh out and explain the main idea

Question 15

themes

Answer 15

• subjects that written work frequently touches upon

- ideas or concepts the book comes back to again and again

Question 16

topic sentence

Answer 16

expresses the main point of a paragraph or of a larger text

Question 17

summary sentences

Answer 17

generally appear at (or near) the end of a paragraph, chapter, section, or document

Question 18

logical conclusion

Answer 18

• an idea that follows from the facts or ideas presented in the text
• may be illogical, but will be consistent with the writing

Question 19

inference

Answer 19

• a next step or logical conclusion that is not actually written in the text
• it is deduced by the reader, based on information that is in the text
• making conclusions and predictions

Question 20

informative writing

Answer 20

inform the reader about some fact or event

- newspapers often fall into this category

Question 21

persuasive writing

Answer 21

persuade the reader to a particular viewpoint

Question 22

entertaining the reader

Answer 22

most fiction novels

Question 23

expressive passages

Answer 23

express feelings

- a large amount of poetry is concerned with evoking a feeling or emotion on the reader

Question 24

text structure: problem - solution

Answer 24

• may be one paragraph presenting problem and another presenting the solution
• or may do both in one paragraph

Question 25

text structure: comparison - contrast

Answer 25

present two different cases w/intent of making the reader consider the differences (or similarities) between the 2

Question 26

text structure: cause-effect

Answer 26

presents an action first, then describes the effects that result (or may result) from that action