| A | B |
|---|
| table of contents | front of book; chapter names and page #s |
| glossary | back of book; definitions of terms |
| index | back of book; locations of important terms in book |
| topic sentence | gives preview of important info in paragraph |
| text structure | way a text is set up |
| compare/contrast | shows a before and after or differences/similarities |
| cause-effect | shows why an event happened |
| chronological order | time order; the true sequence of events |
| tone | author's attitude toward a subject |
| bibliography | list of references |
| reliable | trustworthy (such as a source) |
| context clues | reading around an unknown word to figure out what it means |
| point of view | author's perspective |
| first person | narrator involved as a character; uses I |
| second person | narrator speakers to the reader using you |
| 3rd person limited | outside narrator knows one character's thoughts |
| 3rd person omniscient | outside narrator knows all characters' thoughts |
| biography | written about a person's life by another person |
| autobiography | written by a person about his/her own life |
| memoir | written by a person about portions of his/her own life |
| main idea | the "jist" of one piece of literature |
| theme | universal moral, lesson, or message |
| author's purpose | author's reason for writing something |
| persuade | writing to convince |
| inform | writing to give facts |
| entertain | writing to tell a story |
| 5Ws | who, what, when, where, why |
| fiction | fake: stories, plays, poetry, etc. |
| nonfiction | real: newspapers, textbooks, etc. |
| footnote | at the bottom of the page; denotes more information |
| chart | organizes information like a table |
| diagram | a picture that shows how something works |
| logos | ad appeal to the mind |
| ethos | ad appeal to the moral |
| pathos | ad appeal to the emotional |
| bandwagon | type of propaganda that says everyone is doing it |
| testimonial | a famous person says he uses a product |
| emotional words | propaganda using "luxury" or "restful" to sell a product |
| repetition | repeating a product name |
| propaganda | persuasive, one-sided advertising |
| reading strategy | tool for comprehending text |
| predict | guess what might happen next |
| connect | relate a text to one's own life, the world, or another text |
| reread | read a difficult part again to comprehend it |
| visualize | make a mental picture |
