| Term | Definition |
|---|
| speculation | a reasonable guess |
| reading intensively | reading carefully and slowly |
| scanning | running your eyes over a page rapidly until you find information you were looking for |
| skimming | reading quickly to get a general idea of what its about |
| essay | a short work of nonfiction |
| main idea | the most important idea that the writer presents |
| autobiography | a person's account of his or her own life |
| biography | an account of a person's life written by someone else |
| scientific method | the systematic way in which scientists try to solve a problem |
| reporter's questions | who, what, when, where, and why |
| persuasive essay | a brief work of nonfiction in which a writer tries to convince the you to accept a certain idea or view or to act a certain way |
| expository essay | an essay that explains, informs, or presents information |
| cause and effect | what brings about a result |
| narrative essay | an essay that tells about a real-life experience |
| descriptive essay | an essay that uses images to give details about something |
| fact | can be proved true or false |
| opinion | expresses attitudes, evaluation, judgments, or even predicts the future |
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