Teas V Reading Section

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Facts

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information based on real, provable events, or situations

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Opinions

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are beliefs based on personal judgments, rather than on indisputable facts.

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Biases

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opinions or beliefs that affect a person's ability to make fair, unclouded judgments or decisions

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stereotypes

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oversimplified opinions, that do not account for individual differences, about an entire group of people or things.

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Critical Reading

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a reading style in which the reader carefully analyzes the text, judging its credibility and the author's intentions, rather than simply accepting the material as fact. The reader analyzes the material as it is read, considering both the text and the author's possible biases.

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Purpose

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main reason for writing a particular piece (ex. narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive)
May be applied to an entire text, or just a part of that text

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Narrative

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tells a story or relates a chain of events

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Expository

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introduces or explains a subject, gives groundwork information that is necessary for understanding later ideas, or analyzes information objectively.

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Technical

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passes along precise information, usually about a specific topic, and usually in formal or semiformal style

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Persuasive

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tries to get the reader to agree with the author

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Topic

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the general subject matter covered by the work. EX a book called Depression: The Rational Solution, the topic could be depression, mental health or psychology

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Main Idea

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the works specific message. The reason the text is written. In the case of Depression: The Rational Solution, the main idea might be, "to erase depression, one must engage the rational part of the brain, and ignore the emotional part."

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Supporting Details

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Flesh out and explain the main idea. Without these details the reader has little reason to believe the main idea.

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Themes

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subjects that a written work frequently touches upon. EX Depression: the Rational Solution may touch upon themes of despair, hope, redemption and self-improvement

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Topic Sentence

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express the main point of a paragraph or of a larger text structure. Usually a paragraph starts with a topic sentence or at the beginning of a larger work.

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Summary Sentence

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generally appear at or near the end of a paragraph, chapter, section, or document. Sometimes they sum up the point of the earlier text, other times they draw a conclusion that goes one step further than the topic sentence.

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Logical Conclusion

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an idea that follows from the facts or ideas presented in the text. It does not need to be factual or true; it may be completely illogical when viewed on its own. The conclusion merely has to be consistent with the ideas in the text, the reader is not obliged to agree.

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Inference

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an inference is a next step or a logical conclusion that is not actually written in the text; rather, it is deduced by the reader based on information that is in the text.

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Informative passage

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inform the reader about some fact or event, ex newspaper articles

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Persuasive passage

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persuade the reader to a particular view point

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Entertaining passages

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entertain the reader, ex most fiction novels

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Expressive Passage

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express feelings, a large amount of poetry is concerned with evoking a feeling or emotion to the reader.

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Historical Context

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the time and place in which the piece was written will influence the work in some way. It may affect what is written and how it is written.

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Text Structure

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a way in which the given text is organized. Text structure makes it easier to read and helps emphasize the author's point.

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Problem-Solution Structure

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illustrated by presenting the problem in one paragraph and the solution in another. Or, the author might choose to write one solid paragraph containing both using different fonts to differentiate them.

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Cause-effect structure

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the author presents and action first, and then describe the effects that result or may result from the action.

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Comparison-Contrast structure

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the author may present two different cases with the intent of making the reader consider the differences or similarities between the two cases.

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Description

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these passages describe a person, thing or idea.