Skill Word Review Flashcards
Fact
Something that exists; reailty; truth
Opinion
judgment; viewpoint,
Fiction
imagined or made up story
Non-fiction
narrative prose dealing with opinions of facts or history
Paraphrase
reword or restate in one’s own words
Quote
to repeat something word for word, exactly
Form
shape or external appearance
Structure
a physical construct of parts or elements
Writing
act or act of forming visible letters or characters
Reading
process of looking at symbols and getting meaning from them
Tone
attitude of writer towards their subject
Mood
a feeling the reader gets from reading a text
Objective
dealing with unbiased facts and evidence
Subjective
dealing with feelings, attitudes, opinions, and experiences
Concrete
physical entity, involving the five senses
Abstract
imagined idea
Bias
liking or disliking someone or real, involving the five senses
Impartial
unbiased, fair, just
Denote
indicate something exactly, definitive
Connote
to suggest or imply
Speak
express thoughts or opinions orally
Listen
pay attention to sounds
Analyze
to break down into parts or elements
Synthase
to put parts or elements together
Process
series of steps where something happens to make a product
Focus
a central point of attraction, attention, or activity
Compare
ways in which two things are similar
Contrast
ways in which two things are different
Identify
to recognize or establish someone or something
Apply
to put to use especially for some practical purpose
Explain
to make plain or clear or to show
Evaluate
to judge the value, assess
Prose
ordinary form or spoken or written language
Poetry
writing arranged for an emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm
