1st QA Reading &Writing

What is reading?

• A cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text.

• Is looking for specific information.

• An unfamiliar word that gives you information.

• All of the choices.

Reading strategies to get the gist of the text's content.

• preview

• skimming & scanning

• using context clues

• all of the choices

They are not exactly the same because a word

may have different associations with it.

• Situations

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Examples

Is the basic, precise, literal meaning of the word.

• connotation

• denotation

• examples

• synonyms

These are characteristics of a critical reader, except one.

• Analytical

• Objective

• Observant

• Critical

It is a technique to develop critical reading skill. ____ are writing your feelings and ideas in reaction to your reading assignment.

• questioning the text

• summarizing the text

• keeping a reading journal

• annotating the text

The information that is clearly stated is called _______.

• Implicit

• Explicit

• Claims

• Argument

Information in the text from ideas that are suggested is called _______

• Outlining the text

• context clues

• explicit

• implicit

A type of claim that states a quantifiable assertion, or measurable topic.

• Claim of fact.

• Claim of value.

• Claim of policy.

• None of the choices.

Is a nonlinear way of showing information.

• Hyperlink

• Intertextuality

• Hypertext

• Preference