Accuplacer next generation reading terms questions and answers| graded A+

Accuplacer next generation reading terms questions and answers| graded A+ Inductive reasoning Starts with facts and details and general conclusion -Is probabilistic - can be proved false ex: We have seen 30 white swans. Therefore all swans are white ex: Basketball players all tall, therefore Tim must be tall because he plays basketball Inductive reasoning "Bottom up": We build on facts and details to eventually lead us to a conclusion Deductive reasoning Starts with a conclusion and then leads to facts, details and conclusions -links premises with conclusions -if all premises are clear and true, then the conclusion also must be clear and true ex: All dogs are mammals. All mammals have hearts. Therefore dogs must have hearts Deductive reasoning "Top-down": Start with known conclusions and then go to facts and details cause and effect relationship When something happens that makes something else happen The rain came down so hard that all of the leaves fell out of the tree Cause: Heavy rain, effect: Leaves fell off of the trees Billie was skating on the ice rink. The laces of one of his shoes came loose and it caused him to be unable to control his skating. This caused him to collide with another skater Cause: loose laces. effect: collision with another skater POV the perspective from which a story is told First person Main character, saying "I, me we" Third person Most common POV, saying "he, she and they" third person omniscient the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work Main point what the author is trying to convey (what the author is hoping to achieve) Purpose why the author is trying to convey this information (why the author is trying to achieve this) conclusion Main point is a ___________ Premises Evidence or reasons to back up a main point Style, tone and mood Authors use language and word choice to convey a certain style, tone, and mood in a piece of literature Style Appropriate to the purpose of the text Tone Authors attitude toward a subject Mood The feeling the work invokes into the reader precisely express Authors want to ____________ ____________ what they are trying to get across tone and style Word choice is going to impact the _________ and __________ of a piece of writing Inference questions infer-forming a conclusion about something the author has not actually stated, by making logical deductions from other things he has actually said (practice this concept) parrallel reasoning logical structure of arguments Authors position Authors stance on the issue at hand -notice personal opinions -notice bias -notice emotional language -notice what is left out Bias emotional language that is added to create ____ Logical conclusion Helps the reader understands whether they agree with the writer or not Logical fallacies when a author uses arguments that arent actually accurate. Tries to persuade a reader False analogy comparing two things that aren't actually alike circular reasoning a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence False Dichotomy when it is assumed that only two choices are possible, when in fact others exist "You can go with me to the party, and or stay bored at home" Overgenerlization large exaggerations to make the authors argument look good "Everybody knows shes a terrible teacher" Slippery Slope A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented "if you study hard you will ace the test" hasty generalizations drawing conclusions based on insufficient or unrepresentative evidence sequence the order in which things happen or should happen "first, next, last or then" sequences Most ________ will be in chronological order "He walked in the front door and switched on the lamp" summary states the main point of the story Focus on the * Key ideas * Main points *conclusion DONT LOOK INTO DETAILS important information information the author wants you to know one paragraph Typical a summary is _____ _______ in length