Reading and Writing Reviewer

What is the cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text?

• Previewing

• Reading

• Skimming

• Scanning

Which type of reading involves looking for the main point of the reading and identifying the ideas that develop it?

• Context Clues

• Skimming

• Previewing

• Scanning

What type of context clue is used when the text has words or phrases that are similar in meaning to the unknown word?

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Examples

• Situations

What is the basic, precise, literal meaning of a word that can be found in the dictionary?

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

What is explicitly written and explained in the text so the reader will not be confused?

• Claim

• Inference

• Implicit Information

• Explicit Information

What is a conclusion that you make based on the explicit information and your reasoning and background knowledge?

• Explicit Information

• Implicit Information

• Inference

• Claim

What type of claim asserts something that can be qualified and consists of arguments about moral, philosophical, or aesthetic topics?

• Claims of Fact

• Claims of Value

• Claims of Policy

• Assertions

What is defined as the social, cultural, political, historical, and other related circumstances that surround the text and help the reading be understood better?

• Context

• Hypertextuality

• Intertextuality

• Inference

What type of assertion is a statement that can be proven objectively by direct experience, testimonies of witnesses, verified observations, or the results of research?

• Fact

• Convention

• Opinion

• Preference

What is a way in which something is done, similar to traditions and norms?

• Preference

• Fact

• Convention

• Opinion