Reading Terms Review

What is the definition of main idea?

• a short, clear description that gives the main facts or ideas throughout the passage

• specific evidence that supports the main idea

• to form an idea/conclusion by combining parts or elements

• the author's general point; all other material of the paragraph fits under it

What are supporting details?

• specific evidence that supports the main idea

• the author's general point; all other material of the paragraph fits under it

• to form an idea/conclusion by combining parts or elements

• a conclusion reached on the basis of prior knowledge, evidence, and reasoning

What is an inference?

• to form an idea/conclusion by combining parts or elements

• a conclusion reached on the basis of prior knowledge, evidence, and reasoning

• information an author provides, in the same or surrounding sentences, to help define a difficult or multi-meaning word

• the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic

What are context clues?

• a short, clear description that gives the main facts or ideas throughout the passage

• the author's general point; all other material of the paragraph fits under it

• information an author provides, in the same or surrounding sentences, to help define a difficult or multi-meaning word

• the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic

What is author's purpose?

• the author’s attitude toward his/her subject

• the arrangement of ideas, incidents, evidence, or details in a perceptible order

• what a person, or a character, wants. It is the reason he or she acts a certain way

• the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic

What is text organization?

• a conclusion reached on the basis of prior knowledge, evidence, and reasoning

• the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic

• the author’s attitude toward his/her subject

• the arrangement of ideas, incidents, evidence, or details in a perceptible order (chronological, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution)

What is a fact? (expository or informational text)

• a statement that can be proven true (or false) with some standard

• a statement that a person believes to be true but it cannot be measured or proven true against an standard

What is synthesis?

• a short, clear description that gives the main facts or ideas throughout the passage

• the author's general point; all other material of the paragraph fits under it

• to form an idea/conclusion by combining parts or elements

• information an author provides, in the same or surrounding sentences, to help define a difficult or multi-meaning word

What is pathos? (in persuasion)

• the technique of adding credibility through trustworthiness or character to persuade

• the technique of adding emotion with the use of sensory details to persuade

• the technique of adding facts, logic, numbers, graphs, data, or reasons with validity to persuade

A reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or behavior

• motivation

• imagery

• diction

• connotation