| Term | Definition |
|---|
| main idea | most important idea the writer presents |
| skimming | to read quickly to get a general idea of what a book or selection is about |
| scanning | to run your eyes over a page rapidly until you find specific information you are looking for |
| essay | a work of nonfiction that could contain anecdotes, little stories, and a vivid portrait |
| reading intensively | to read carefully and slowly |
| speculation | a reasonable guess |
| biography | an account of a person's life written by somone else |
| scientific method | refers to the systematic way in which scientists try to solve a problem |
| autobiography | a person's own account of his or her life |
| persuasive essay | a brief work of nonfictionin which a writer tries to convince you to accept a certain idea or view or to act a certain way |
| opinion | expresses attitude, evaluations , judgements, or even predicts te future |
| fact | can be proved true or false |
| descriptive essay | an essay that describes something using images that appeal to the 5 senses |
| subjective detail | a detail that has to do with personnal experience rather than something objective reality |
| objective detail | a detail that has an existing independance of any particular person's attitude, ideas, or beliefs |
| narrative essay | an essay which tells a story |
| cause and effect | when one event proceeds and brings about another event |
| expository essay | an essay that explains, informs, or presents information |
| journal writing | a way of learning by stimulating a writer's thinking so that he/she sees meaning in the events recorded |
| observing | the act of noting and recording facts and events |
| inferring | drawing a conclusion - often from observations |
| reporter's questions | questions of reporters asking who, what, when, where, why, and how |
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