Reading

Question 1

Topic

Answer 1

The subject of a text

Question 2

Main Idea

Answer 2

The most important point being made

Question 3

Supporting Details (Key points)

Answer 3

Provide evidence and backing for the main point

Question 4

Inference

Answer 4

Information that is implied but not written out

Question 5

Implication

Answer 5

A suggestion or meaning that is not directly stated but hinted at

Question 6

First-person point of view

Answer 6

Let the narrators express their inner feelings and thoughts

Question 7

Second-person point of view

Answer 7

Allows the writer to address the reader or audience

Question 8

Third-person point of view

Answer 8

Does not reference the writer or the writer’s audience. Uses pronouns like he, she, and they

Question 9

Authors tone

Answer 9

The attitude or feeling the writer shows toward the subject or audience

Question 10

Bias

Answer 10

When an author is unfair or inaccurate in his or her presentation

Question 11

Denotative

Answer 11

The literal meaning of a word

Question 12

Connotative

Answer 12

The emotional reaction a word may evoke

Question 13

Guide words in a dictionary

Answer 13

Two words at the top of each page. One at the beginning of the page and one at the end to “guide” you

Question 14

Figurative language

Answer 14

Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of a word or phrase

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

Describing a non-human thing as if it were human

Question 16

Authors purpose

Answer 16

The reason why an author writes something (PIE) persuade, inform, entertain

Question 17

Informative texts

Answer 17

Written to educate and enlighten readers

Question 18

Emotional language

Answer 18

wording that makes the reader feel strong emotions, usually found in persuasive writing

Question 19

Expository passage

Answer 19

Aims to inform and enlighten readers, tends to be more in-depth than an informative text

Question 20

Narrative passage

Answer 20

A piece of writing that tells a story with characters, a setting, a plot, and a clear sequence of events

Question 21

Technical passage

Answer 21

Explains how to do something or how something works clearly, precisely, and logically. Common in medical and technological fields.

Question 22

Theme

Answer 22

An issue, an idea, or a question raised by the text

Question 23

Evidence

Answer 23

Supports a main point or minor points and can help lead the reader to a conclusion about the text’s credibility

Question 24

Credible text

Answer 24

When a text is believable, the author is knowledgeable, objective, or unbiased.

Question 25

Rhetorical devices

Answer 25

To make writing or speech more powerful, emotional, or convincing.

Question 26

Primary sources

Answer 26

Provides direct evidence or eyewitness accounts

Question 27

Secondary sources

Answer 27

To explain, interpret, or analyze information from primary sources

Question 28

Bandwagon approach

Answer 28

Suggesting the author's opinion is correct because it is held by the majority

Question 29

Spatial organization

Answer 29

Organizes details by location or space

Question 30

Chronological Organization

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Organizes events in the order they happened (time order)

Question 31

Logical Organization

Answer 31

Organizes ideas by topic, importance, or cause/effect, based on reasoning

Question 32

Autobiography

Answer 32

A true story about a person’s own life, written by that person

Question 33

Bibliography

Answer 33

A list of sources (books, articles, websites, etc.) that a writer used or referred to when creating a piece of work