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Academic Voc. II
second semester - ALL Academic Vocabulary - Intensive Reading Class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prior Knowledge | what you already know about a subject |
| Fluency | reading with a smooth flow, steady pace, and intonation |
| Paraphrase | restating the text in your own words |
| Main Idea | the most important points within the paragraph/text; usually stated in first or last paragraph |
| Topic | what the paragraph/text is all about; can be stated in one word (usually) |
| BSW - Basic Signal Words | a strategy used to help determine the Main Idea of a piece of text |
| MIDAC | a strategy used to help summarize a piece of text |
| RAT - Read Around the Text | a strategy used to help determine the Author's Purpose and the Topic of a piece of text |
| Summary | a shorter version of a longer piece of writing which captures all the most important parts, but expresses them in a [much] shorter space |
| Predict | to state what might happen next based on what you've already read or already know |
| Inference | combining a clue from the text with your own prior knowledge to create an understanding of the text - understanding what the author means without it being stated directly |
| Syllable | the smallest expression of speech, set apart by one vowel sound and surrounding consonant (if any) |
| Decoding Complex Words | the process of breaking a word into its parts in order to correctly pronounce the word and determine its meaning |
| Prefix | letters placed in front of a base or root word which changes the meaning of the word |
| Suffix | letters placed at the end of a base or root word which changes the meaning of the word |
| Synonym | words that have the same meaning (bucket/pail) |
| Antonym | words that have opposite meanings (day/night) |
| Genre | the way in which literature, music, and art are categorized; the different types of literature |
| Prose | all written or spoken words that is NOT poetry or drama (literature and language expressed in paragraphs, not stanzas or scripts) |
| Drama | literature written for the stage - includes stage directions, cast of character, acts and scenes |
| Poetry | literature that is written in stanzas, is rhythmical in nature, and often uses figurative language |
| Fiction | literature that is invented or imagined; a made-up story; FALSE |
| Non-fiction | literature that is based on facts, historical events, and/or real people; true stories; NOT-FALSE |
| Novel | a fiction prose of considerable length |
| Short Story | fiction prose that is shorter than a novel; can be read in a single setting; includes fewer characters and less complicated plot |
| Biography | the true story of a person’s life written by another person |
| Autobiography | the true story of a person's life written by that person; when you write the story of your own life it is called this… |
| Plot | the order of events in a piece of fiction literature from beginning to end |
| Setting | when and where a story takes place |
| Theme | the message, lesson, or central idea of a work of literature |
| Antagonist | who or what comes against the main character in a work of fiction |
| Protagonist | the hero, or main character, in a piece of literature |
| Realistic Fiction | literature that is fictional but includes believable characters, settings, events, or language |
| Intonation/Expression | the use of changing vocal pitch to convey meaning (reading the punctuation by pausing at periods, becoming louder at exclamations, etc) |
| Visualize | to create an image in your mind using the information provided in the text; to see the text, like a movie in your head |
| Author's Purpose | the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic: to explain, persuade, inform, or entertain |
| Playwright | the author of a play(drama); the writer of plays |
| Monitor/Clarify | when a reader measures his understanding WHILE he reads and applies strategies to help him understand confusing text |
| Choral/Echo Reading | various types of reading aloud; mostly used to build fluency and model intonation |
| Colloquial | an informal way of speaking between people who are familiar with one another, especially when formal language is not necessary |
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