Reading Skills Terms Review

What is the definition of Author's Purpose?

• What the author thinks, feels, or believes.

• The tone or mood the author creates.

• The main reason he or she creates a piece of writing

• The subject of the author's work

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the definition of Author's Perspective?

• What the author thinks, feels, or believes.

• The tone or mood the author creates.

• The main reason he or she creates a piece of writing

• The subject of the author's work.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Conflicting Evidence/ Viewpoint means that the author is?

• Stating the main focus of the text

• Explain why the evidence is important enough to notice

• Giving his or her personal beliefs

• Stating the opposing argument and disproving it

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is one way that a reader can determine the author's perspective?

• Following the actions of the main character

• Tracking the key details that relate the most important idea

• Searching for the comparisons

• Looking closely at the author's word choices and tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

What are the most common author's purposes?

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• Persuade, Reflect, and Review

• Reflect, Inform, and Tell a Story

• Review, Critique, and Explain

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

_______ is the author’s message, a life lesson, or moral of a story.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

_________ refers the main point or points the author makes about the topic.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

_______ is a brief, general word or phrase that helps categorize a text

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2