Term
|
Definition
| a statement or statements that support a main idea |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a description of qualities of a fictional character or historical person |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a statement a WRITER makes which is the main idea of a paragraph or essay |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a statement that summarizes the big ideas of a paragraph or text |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| thinking about your thinking as you read or solve a problem |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| readers connect what they read with something they have read someplace else |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| readers connect what they read with something from their own experiences |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| readers connect what they read with they know about the world around them |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| good readers preview titles, headings, pictures, and captions to create this type of question before they read |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| answered directly by the text |
|
|
Term
| Think and Search question |
|
Definition
| answered using clues in the text combined with the reader's background knowledge |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| answered ONLY from the reader's background knowledge |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a statement that CAN be proved true or false |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a statement that CANNOT be proved true or false |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| purpose, form, audience, and topic. Before completing a writing task, you should analyze the task to determine these four things. |
|
|
Term
| Three Purposes for Writing |
|
Definition
| persuade, inform, entertain |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| readers create mental pictures based on descriptions and sensory language |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| readers find the gist and most important details of what they read |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| reading strategy in which readers link what they read to ideas from their background knowledge |
|
|
Term
| Titles, Headings, Pictures, Captions |
|
Definition
| good readers preview these to create goal-setting questions and to make predictions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Words surrounding unknown words that help readers determine meaning. Good readers use these instead of stopping all the time to use the dictionary. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| taking new information and combining it with background knowledge to make something new |
|
|
Term
| Comparison and Contrast Signal Words |
|
Definition
| similarities, diiferences, however, yet |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| first, then, next, finally |
|
|
Term
| Cause and Effect Signal Words |
|
Definition
| since, as a result, because, consequently |
|
|
Term
| Problem and Solution Signal Words |
|
Definition
| issue, conflict, resolution, answer |
|
|
