Analyze
This is to separate a whole into its parts.
Bias
This is a prejudice that is leaning toward a positive or negative judgement on something; a personal judgement or opinion about a particular person, position, or thing.
Classification
A group of things arranged by categories.
Connotation
This refers to the feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of a word.
Context Clues
These are in the text surrounding a word and gives hints for the meaning of the word.
Convey
To make known.
Credible
Real information, can trust it, can be checked in several places
Denotation
The literal meaning of a word.
Evidence
This is information that supports a thought or belief.
Explicit
Precisely and clearly expressed
Expository/Informational Text
This is a mode of writing whose purpose is to convey information or to explain and establish the validity of an idea in a logical, clear, and concrete manner.
Figurative Language
This goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create special effects or feelings.
Implied Meaning
This is a suggested, but not stated, definition.
Inference
This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know how to make sense of what you read.
Informational Text
This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.
Literal Meaning
This is the ordinary, usual, or exact meaning of words, phrases, or passages. No figurative language or interpretation is involved.
Main/Central Idea
This is the central and most important idea of a reading passage or presentation.
Multimedia
A presentation that uses more than one kind of medium.
Multiple Meaning
This is when one word has more than one definition.
Non-Literal
This is when the meaning is NOT exact or word-for-word.
Nonfiction
This is factual writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.
Opinion
This is an expression of an author's personal beliefs.
Paraphrase
This is the restatement of written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.
Point of View
This is the perspective from which a story is told. It is the way the author lets the readers see and hear the story; who tells the story.
Purpose
This is an author's intention, reason, or dive for writing the piece.
Relevant
When something closely relates to a subject.
Style
A way of expressing something that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people.
Summarize
This is to state briefly.
Supporting Evidence
These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.
Text Features
Title Page, Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, Heading, Subheading, Bold Words, Illustrations, Photographs, Captions, Diagrams, Maps, Charts, & Tables.
Text Structure
Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Chronological Order/Sequence, Problem-Solution, and Description
Tone
This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.
Point of View
This is a writer's opinion or standpoint on an issue.
Word Choice
This is the author's or speaker's craft or style. It might be formal, informal, or even slang.