Reading Skills

17. Checking Facts

Check facts by using reference sources. Sources include manuals, dictionaries, encyclopedias, reliable Web sites, or unbiased experts.

5. Main Idea

the main idea is the overall idea or message the author is trying to say in a paragraph or story. It can be stated or inferred, or figured out.

9. Point of view

the perspective from which a narrative is told. In first person point of view the story is told by one of the characters. In the third person point of view the story is told by someone outside the story.

22. Broad generalization

Claims that cannot be proved, such as "It's out of this world!"

14.Following Directions

Comprehending what the author wants the reader to do and then doing those steps

25. Bandwagon appeals

Implying everyone does it

26. Paraphrase

means to restate something in your own words to make the meaning clear to yourself

27. Summarize

means to tell briefly in your own words the main ideas of a piece of writing

16. Cause and Effect

A cause is an event, action, or feeling that produces a result; that result is called an effect

20. Faulty reasoning

an argument that does not follow the rules of logic

18. Drawing Conclusions

A conclusion is a logical decision or opinion you reach by pulling together several facts or details

2. Scanning

An active, usually visual search of the environment for information; quickly reading through a written work looking for key words or ideas

13. Context Clues

Information in the reading passage that helps the reader determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases, such as illustrations or the meaning of other words in the text.

4. Inferencing

Intelligent guesses about a story, based on details included in text

10. Prediction

Making an informed guess about what will happen next in a story

23. Hidden Messages

Pictures or words that convey an idea without stating it directly

19. Propaganda Techniques

Propaganda is information that is one-sided or misleading

12. Sequential Order

The order of events in which things happen in a story

8. Tone

The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject; his mood or moral view. A writer can be formal, informal, playful, ironic

24. Loaded language

Words that appeal to our emotions

21. Advertisement

a paid message intended to attract customers to buy products or services

15. Compare and Contrast

comparison tells how two or more things are alike;contrast tells how two or more things are different

6. Fact/Opinion

fact is something that can be proved; an opinion is a person's judgment or belief. It may be supported by factual evidence, but it cannot be proved

1. Skimming

high speed reading process and involves visually searching the sentences of a page for clues to meaning - general idea of what written work is about

3. Guided Reading

is the strategy whereby a teacher "guides" small groups of students through the text for the purpose of predicting, assisting in comprehension, focusing upon specific skills, and/or coaching the use of various reading strategies which will make the reading effort more successful

7. Purpose,

reason why you read: to learn about a subject, to be entertained, to gain understanding, to be inspired, to take action, make a decision, or to complete a task

11. Metacognition

recognition on the part of the learner that learning has taken place, or is taking place. It involves understanding and appreciating the factors that make learning possible and one's own strategies and processes of learning.