READING TEAS 7(NEW 2024)WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

Main idea vs topic Main idea: The most important idea being made by the author. What the author is trying to convey to the audience. Usually is a full sentence Topic: The subject of the text. Usually expressed in a few words memo format A memorandum is a written message that may be used in a business office. Heading at the top indicating the author, date, and the recipient. In some cases, this heading will also include the authors title and the name of his or her institution or company. Below this is the body. It usually contains a plan of action, a request for information on a specific topic, or a response to such a request. Memos are considered to be official documents and so are usually written in a formal style. However many memos are organized with numbers or bullet points posted announcement Important to have all information in a clear manner. Important to consider the perspective of the audience—what will they need to know. classified advertisement Text formatted promotion used in print or internet media. Inexpensive and can be managed through email. I.e. Craigslist Narrative Passage a story; can be fiction or nonfiction. The text must have a plot, it must have characters, and figurative language. expository passage introduces or explains a subject, gives groundwork information that is necessary for understanding later ideas, or analyzes information objectively. And expository passage aims to inform and enlightened readers. The passage is nonfiction. Since the goal of the exposition is to teach it is clear as possible technical passage Written to DESCRIBE A COMPLEX OBJECT OR PROCESS. More common in medical and technological fields which is complex ideas. Many technical passages would look like an outline. Technical passages often have clear headings and subheadings Denotative dictionary meaning/literal meaning Connotative the implied or associated meaning of a word or emotion reaction Denotative vs. Connotative Language with exact meaning vs. language with suggested, emotional meaning How to tell the authors purpose is to inform If the author makes their Main idea clear from the beginning then the likely purpose of the text is to inform How to tell the authors purpose is to persuade If the author begins by making a claim and provides various arguments of support that claim, then the purpose is probably to persuade footnote vs endnote A footnote is a text that is listed at the bottom of the page which lists where facts and figures within that document were obtained. An endnote is similar to a footnote, but differs in the fact that it is listed at the end of paragraphs and chapters of a document, instead of the bottom of each page of the document When to underline Books, magazines, and works of art when to italicize It is appropriate to use italics when saying that something is an unusual adjective. Italics are also used for the titles of long or large works, like books, magazines, long operas, and epic poems. Shorter works are typically place within quotation marks Index An alphabetical listing of key words, phrases, or topics that includes the page numbers on which those items are found at the end Primary vs secondary source Primary: A source from the current time period/first hand account Secondary: A source written after the time period has occurred library media specialist a library employee who helps patrons find media sources. They serve to for model students The strategies they can learn to find, access, and evaluate information inside and outside of the library media centers 3 ways to organize information 1. Spatial organization: What's the user see the information, to fix it in space 2. Chronological organization: method places information in the sequence in which it occurs. 3. Logical organization: presenting material on a logical pattern that makes sense. Illustrations, definitions, dividing or classifying, comparing and contrasting, cause-and-effect, problem and solution Six major types of logical organization 1. Illustrations 2. Definitions 3. Comparing 4. dividing or classifying 5. Cause and effect 6. Problem and solution Narrative writing Telling a story or describing one event Expository writing writing that explains or informs Includes facts to inform the reader which is the goal Reveals information to the reader Technical writing Give technical information and aims to help the reader understand a technical conceptFocuses on presenting specific information and has a tone of formality. They also usually prompt a response from their readerInformation is specific technical and is meant to prompt actionExample: an email to students breaking down different ways they can get extra credit Northerners eat bland food is a Stereotype What is a stereotype An assumption or generalization made about everybody in an identified group Stereotype versus Generalization A stereotype is an assumption or generalization made about everybody in an identified group Generalizations apply to a great many subjects, not just to the characteristics of a specific group of people What does incredulous mean unwilling or unable to believe something What does conciliatory mean Satisfying or appeasing What does ingenuous mean Innocent or clever topic vs main idea Topic: The subject of a text; what the text is all about. Usually expressed in a few words at the most Main Idea: the most important point being made by the author. Needs a full sentence to be completely defined ex: topic is penguins and main idea is penguins are different from other birds in many ways. paragraphs first sentence is usually the topic. and you can skim over whole thing to find main idea quick Explicit vs. Implicit Something is implicit when it is implied but not directly stated. Something is explicit when it is directly stated and leaves no room for uncertainty. explicit: the reader is told by the author exactly what is meant which can include the authors interpretation or persuasion of events ex: "I have seen students go into absolute panic just because they were able to complete the exam in the time they were allotted." This explicitly tells the reader that the students were afraid and by using the words just because, the writer indicates the fear was exaggerated out of proportion implicit ex: "I have had students come to me, their faces strand of all color, saying we weren't able to finish the exam" this is implicit because the second writer did not stay explicitly that the students were panicked, instead he wrote a description of their faces being drained and color. From this description the reader can infer that they were frightened When do you underline? Beneath titles of books, magazines, and works of art When do you italicize? italicize the titles of magazines books newspapers academic journals films tv shows long poems plays operas musical albums works of art websites glossary A place in the back of the book that gives the definitions or tell the meaning of certain words in the book. index an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed in back of book When to use a pie chart -when you are trying to compare parts of a whole -They do not show changes over time They are not effective at demonstrating the relationships between parts of different wholes. For example and unhelpful use of a pie chart would be to compare the respective amounts of state and federal spending devoted to infrastructure since these values are only meaningful in the context of the entire budget When to use a bar graph different categories are being compared ex: using the heights of famous basketball players when to use line graph When the Independent Variable is quantitative For continuous data For showing trends over time change over time