Changing the way you learn

Question	Answer
Article	A complete piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine.
Specific	Anything of a particular kind.
Previewing	Using information you already know to guess what information is likely to follow. Previewing is the process of picking up clues from written material. Previewing magazines involves scanning their titles and tables of contents.
Fiction	A story that's the product of the author's imagination rather than factual information.
Nonfiction	Writing that refers to real events and factual information.
Scanning	A process that involves running your eyes quickly over lines, looking for specific information.
Passage	A part of an article or a portion of a book.
Proper nouns	The names of specific persons, places, and things.
Elements that commonly stand out when scanning.	Proper nouns Capital letters Numbers
Context	The way a word is used in a sentence or paragraph.
Multiple meanings	When words have more than one meaning.
Synonym	A word with the same or similar meaning as another word.
Antonym	A word with the opposite meaning of another word.
Thesaurus	A reference that provides both synonyms and antonyms for words.

Reading Skills

	Created by cloey tackett almost 7 years ago