Reading

Information based on real, provable, provable events, or situations

beliefs based on personal judgements, rather than on indusputable facts.

Opinions or beliefs that affect a person's ability to make fair, unclouded judgements or decisions

Oversimplified opinions, that do not account for individual differences, about an entire group of people or things.

A reading style in which the reader carfully analyzes the text, judging it credibility and the author's intensions, rather than simply accounting the material as facts, is generaly preferable to passive reading

Main reason for writing a particular piece. Tearms like narrative, expository, technical.

Text that tells a story or relates a chain of events

A passage that introduces or explains a subject, gives ground work information that is necessary for understanding latter ideas, or analyzing information objectively.

Writing that passes along precise information, usualy about specific topocs, usualy in a formal or a semi formal style

Writing that tries to get the reader to agree with the author.

The general subject matter covered by the work.

The works specific message

Flush out and explain the main idea.

Subjects that a written work frequently touches apon

Expres the main point of a paragraph, or of a large text structure. Usually, a paragraph starts with a topic sentence

Generally appear at or near the end of a sentence, chapter section or document. Sometimes they sum up the point of the earlier text.

An idea that follows from the facts or ideas presented in the text. NOTE: A logical conclusion does not need to be factual or true; it may be completely logical when viewed on its own.

A next step or logical conclusion that is not actually written in the text; rather it is deducted by the reader, based on information that is in the text.

• * Inform: the reader about some fact or event; newspaper articles often fall into this category.
• * Persuade the reader to a particular viewpoint; this sort of writing is often called persuasive writing.
• * Entertain the reader
• * Express feelings: such as poetry.One of the reader's most important jobs is figuring out this purpose(author's intent)

The way in which a given text is organized.

Author presents an action then describes the effects that result or may result from that action.

Might be illustrated by presenting the problem in one paragraph, and the solution in another. The author may write one solid paragraph and use one font for the problem and another font for the solution.

Author may present two different cases with the intent of making the reader consider the differences between the two cases.

Passages that use description tend to describe or characterize a person thing or idea.

Consists of surrounding words, sentences or paragraphs that usually help to reveal the word's meaning.

A small portion of a typical map. Small area that explains the symbols and notations used on the map.

Contained in the legend and indicates the cardinal direction, North, South ect

Contained in the legend. Tells the reader how to interpret distance on the map.

Titles that preface a section of text.

Headings that appear below other headings within the same category.