Flashcards: Vocab 2: Reading Comprehension
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mrsryan1 on September 17, 2008
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As we become better readers, it's good to be aware of strategies we use. We may use some of these strategies without being aware that we do so, while others take a little more practice.
Think about which strategies you could use more often to improve your reading comprehension.
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Ryan English P3, Ryan English P4, Ryan English P5, Ryan Honors English P6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 predict | think about what will happen next; anticipate what the chapter will be about |
| visualize | form pictures in your mind to help you see what's happening in the text |
| connect | make personal connections with the text |
| text to self | connect the text to yourself |
| text to text | connect the text to another text, movie, TV show, poem, etc. |
| text to world | connect text to historical or current events in our world |
| question | search for reasons behind events, feelings, etc., ask why . . . ? |
| clarify | stop occassionally to reread and review text and check your understanding |
| evaluate | form opinions about what you read (during and after reading) |
| strategy | a plan or method used to reach a specific goal or result |
| comprehend | to understand the meaning of |
| paraphrase | put what you've read into your own words without changing the meaning |
| loquacious | talkative; quite chatty |
| arduous | difficult to accomplish; requiring a great deal of effort or energy |