Term
|
Definition
Determine what catergory it belongs in. What distinguishes it from the catergory.
Example: Democracy: a system of government, each person gets a vote. ANSWER: A democracy is a system of government in which each person gets a vote. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
use the infinitive, "to ___".
Example: Define Abolish. ANSWER: To abolish is to eliminate |
|
|
Term
| Defining Adjectives (or adverbs) |
|
Definition
Use a plug in form of:
"charecterized by ____" or "Of a _____ nature"
Define rebellious. ANSWER: charecterized by defiance, Of a quarrelsome nature. |
|
|
Term
Six types of Reading Comp Questions
Word Meaning |
|
Definition
| Use the context of the passage to determine the meaning of words phrases and figurative expressions |
|
|
Term
Six types of Reading Comp Questions
Main Idea and Detail |
|
Definition
| identify explicit and implicit main ideas that support, illustrate or elaborate the main idea of a passage. |
|
|
Term
Six types of Reading Comp Questions
Writer's Purpose |
|
Definition
| recognize a writers express or implied purpose for writing the passage. identify the appropriatness of the passage for various purposes or audiences. determine the likely effecton an audience of a writer's choice of words. analyze the phrasing of a passage to determine the writers opinion or POV |
|
|
Term
Six types of Reading Comp Questions
Idea Relationships |
|
Definition
identify a sequence of events or steps in a passage
identify cause and effect relationships
analyze relationships between different ideas.
identify solutions to problems
draw conclusions from info stated or implied in the passage. |
|
|
Term
Six types of Reading Comp Questions
Critical Reasoning |
|
Definition
Evaluate the stated or implied assumptions on which the writers argument depends.
judge the relevance or importance of facts
evaluate the logic of the argument
distinguish between fact and opinion
assess the credibility or objectivity of the writer |
|
|
Term
Six types of Reading Comp Questions
Study Skills |
|
Definition
organize and summarize info for study purposes
follow written directions or instructions
interpret info presented in charts, graphs or tables. |
|
|
Term
| The 5 Paragraph Essay - What is the set up |
|
Definition
Intro (lead sentence, order of paper, thesis sentence), 3 paragraphs, and conclusion (reword thesis, summary, end with big broad statement).
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Each paragraph of summary should be at least 3 sentences long.
don't write and intro or conclusion,
do not include own voice or opinion.
should be approx. half the length of the original peice |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
seperate 2 long independent sentences
seperate items in a series
seperate adj. that equally modify the same nown (ex. long,slow twilight). |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Links dependent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction (ex.i did not call myself a poet; i told people i wrote poems)
divided indepnedent clausesthat are linkied by transitional phrases (ex. however)
creating lists (to group similar objects in long list) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
used to intor a list (ex. shared the same fundamental needs: family, food)
to emphasize a word |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
possesive form of a singular noun
words ending in S show possesion by adding apostrophe (no extra S)
|
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
NOUN |
|
Definition
| A word used to name a person place or thing or idea |
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
PRONOUN |
|
Definition
| a word used in place of a noun (he she it) |
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
ADJECTIVE |
|
Definition
| word used to midfy a noun or pronoun (describe it) |
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
VERB |
|
Definition
| a word that expresses action or helps to make a statement by linkin the subject to a word or idea |
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
ADVERB |
|
Definition
| a word used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb (usually ends in LY |
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
PPREPOSITION |
|
Definition
| a word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence (on, above, over) |
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
CONJUNCTION |
|
Definition
| a word which joins words or groups of words (ex. both, and, either, or) |
|
|
Term
Eight Parts of Speech
Interjection |
|
Definition
| an exclamatory word or phrase that expresses strong emotion and can either stand by itself or as part of a sentence. (ex. wow!) |
|
|
Term
The Four Types of Sentences
DECLARITIVE |
|
Definition
| a sentence which makes a statement |
|
|
Term
The Four Types of Sentences
INTERROGATIVE |
|
Definition
| sentence which asks a question |
|
|
Term
The Four Types of Sentences
IMPERATIVE |
|
Definition
| a sentence which gives a command |
|
|
Term
The Four Types of Sentences
EXCLAMATORY |
|
Definition
| sentence which expresses a strong feeling |
|
|
Term
Four Sentence Structures
Simple Sentence |
|
Definition
| containting a single independent clause |
|
|
Term
Four Sentence Structures
Compound |
|
Definition
| sentence containing two or more independent clauses |
|
|
Term
Four Sentence Structures
Complex |
|
Definition
| sentence containing one independent clause and at least one dependent clause |
|
|
Term
Four Sentence Structures
Compound-Complex |
|
Definition
| sentence containing at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| May be singular or plural depending on its antecedent. if the antecedent is plural, the relative pronoun is plural. If antecedent is singular than relative pronoun is singular. (ex. The speaker was a researcher who [is, are] working on cancer cures. ANSWER: Is} |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Singular Pronouns: another, anybody, anone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, one, somebody, someone.
Plural: both, fre, many, several
Singular or plural: all, any, most, none, some |
|
|
