NB G5 FI Reading flashcards
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- Skimming
- Reading quickly to grasp the general topic and structure of a text, using headings, first sentences, and bold words rather than every detail.
- Scanning
- Moving the eyes quickly over a text looking only for a specific item such as a name, date, or number, ignoring surrounding content.
- Stated information
- A fact or detail that appears directly in the text and can be pointed to in a particular sentence without any reasoning beyond reading.
- Inference
- A conclusion drawn from clues in the text combined with reasoning, where the answer is implied rather than written out directly.
- Keyword synonym search
- A retrieval strategy in which the reader looks for a word or phrase in the passage that means the same as the wording used in the question.
- Caption
- A short line of text placed beside or beneath a picture or diagram that explains or adds information about it.
- Distractor
- An answer option that seems plausible because it repeats words from the text but does not actually answer the question asked.
- Paragraph topic
- The single idea that a paragraph develops, usually signalled by its opening sentence and supported by the sentences that follow.
- Main idea
- The central point that a whole passage is mostly about, broad enough to cover all its parts rather than one small detail.
- Supporting detail
- A fact, example, or reason given in a text to explain, prove, or develop the main idea of a passage or paragraph.
- Cause and effect
- A relationship in which one event makes another happen, often signalled by words such as because, therefore, so, and as a result.
- Compare and contrast
- Showing how two things are alike and how they differ, usually marked by words such as both, similarly, however, whereas, and unlike.
- Sequence
- The order in which events or steps happen, signalled by words such as first, next, then, after, and finally.
- Pronoun reference
- The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun such as it, they, or this stands for, found by checking meaning and number nearby.
- Summary
- A brief restatement of a text's main points in the reader's own words, covering the whole passage at a general level.
- Character motive
- The reason behind what a character does, worked out from their actions, speech, and the reactions of other characters.
- Fact versus opinion
- A fact can be checked and proven; an opinion is a personal judgement or feeling that other people may reasonably dispute.
- Author's purpose
- The reason a writer produced a text, commonly to inform, persuade, entertain, instruct, or describe, shown by its features.
- Persuasive text
- A text written to convince the reader, typically using emotive words, direct address, rhetorical questions, and repeated key claims.
- Informative text
- A text written to give facts about a topic, usually with a neutral tone, headings, and statistics rather than emotional language.
- Instructional text
- A text that tells the reader how to do something, using imperative verbs and steps arranged in the correct numbered order.
- Narrative structure
- The pattern of a story: characters in a setting face a problem, events build up, and a resolution follows.
- Headings and subheadings
- Titles that divide a text into sections and signal what each part covers, helping the reader locate and prioritise information.
- Author's viewpoint
- The position or attitude a writer takes towards the topic, revealed through word choice, emphasis, and what is left out.
- Evaluating evidence
- Judging whether the facts and examples given in a text genuinely support the claim the writer is making.
- Context clues
- Hints in the surrounding sentence, such as a definition, example, synonym, or contrast, that reveal the meaning of an unknown word.
- Simile
- A comparison that describes one thing as being like another, using the words like or as, for example 'as quiet as a mouse'.
- Metaphor
- A comparison that states one thing is another without using like or as, such as describing a classroom as a zoo.
- Idiom
- A fixed phrase whose meaning cannot be worked out from its individual words, such as 'break the ice'.
- Connotation
- The feeling or association a word carries beyond its literal meaning, so 'slim' sounds approving while 'skinny' may sound critical.
- Prefix and suffix
- A word part added to the start or end of a root word; prefixes change meaning and suffixes often change word class.
- Tone
- The writer's attitude towards the subject, conveyed by word choice, and described with words such as humorous, serious, or critical.