Research Vocabulary

The group looks for clues in the text to determine the ______.

• main idea

• research

• scanning

• summary

The students will ______ our planets for a project

• scanning

• research

• main idea

• relevant

__________ the text for the key words and clues can help you determine the main idea.

• main idea

• relevant

• summary

• scanning

The group wrote a ____________ of the chapter they just read.

• relevant

• summary

• research

• scanning

Your question is not ____________ to the subject.

• research

• summary

• relevant

• main idea

reducing large sections of text to their main ideas: main ideas from the beginning, middle, and end

• summary

• relevant

• main idea

• scanning

the overall message of the text

• summary

• research

• scanning

• main idea

the collecting of information about a subject

• summary

• research

• relevant

• scanning

reading through a text quickly in order to find specific information or key words

• summary

• relevant

• scanning

• main idea

having something to do with the matter being considered or discussed

• research

• summary

• scanning

• relevant