Reading and writing

Descriptive essay

Creates images that are appealing to our senses.

comparison and contrast

is to point out similarities and differences in two things.

SCANNING

-To scan the text effectively, the reader must have an idea of the details he is looking for. -This strategy involves physically moving the eyes quickly along the lines of the text.

Skimming

-means looking for the main point of the reading and identify the ideas that develop it. -means physically moving your eyes rapidly along the page and tracing your finger along the lines of the text to speed up your reading.

Anecdote

Is a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Reading

Is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning

Subjective type of description

Uses more emotional or expressive language to describe

Extended Definition

goes beyond the concise and formal definition in a dictionary.

Skimming strategy

involves physically moving the eyes quickly along the lines of the text.

Exemplification essay/pattern

is also called an illustrative essay.

Connotation

is the positive, negative, or neutral feelings, attitudes, ideas, or associations with a word.

Brainstorming

is the process for generating creative ideas and solutions through intensive and freewheeling group discussion.

Coherence

is the sensibility factor of the text which can be measured by the way the reader perceives or understands it.

Chain structure

is theproblem-solution structurethat is followed immediately by thesolution to that problem.

Outline

is usually in the form of a list divided into headings and subheadings that distinguish mainpoints from supporting points.

Chronological order

is when you describe what you see as you move through a place.

Mechanics

refers to the quality of good written text that employs the rules of grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Argumentation

refers to the use of cool logic and sound reasoning to convince.

Skimming

skillinvolves quickly going through beginning and concluding sentences of paragraph because these usually talk about the topic of the sentence