RNW MIDTERMS

Reading

A cognitive process that involves decoding symbols to arrive at meaning, encompassing word recognition, comprehension, and fluency, always interacting between the text and the reader.

Word Recognition

Identifying the words in print to understand the text.

Comprehension

Constructing an understanding of the text, including identifying the author's purpose, grasping main ideas, locating important details, using context clues, answering questions, and critiquing the text.

Skimming

Reading rapidly to get a general overview of the material, involving previewing, overviewing, and surveying.

Scanning

Locating specific facts by identifying key keywords in the text.

Antonyms

Words with opposite meanings, providing an idea about the unfamiliar word, indicated by words like 'but', 'although', 'despite', etc.

Examples

Illustrations that clarify the meaning of an unfamiliar word, aiding in understanding.

Comparison

Identifying similarities and differences between two or more things, places, or events, indicated by words like 'like', 'similar to', 'as good as', etc.

Contextual Clues

Clues in a sentence that help determine the meaning, nature, or significance of the whole sentence.

Derivation

Breaking down words into their basic parts to determine meaning, including root words, affixes, and inflectional endings.

Literal Comprehension

Understanding information and facts directly stated in the text, the basic level of reading comprehension

Inferential Comprehension

Understanding the underlying meaning of the text by making inferences, drawing conclusions, and predicting outcomes

Applied Comprehension

Moving beyond the text to consider personal beliefs and experiences in evaluating the message in the text.

Inferring

Using information from the text and connecting it to personal knowledge to make inferences.

Summarizing

Condensing the text into a shorter form by capturing the most important parts.

Paraphrasing

Rewording and rephrasing the original text to achieve clarity while maintaining the original meaning.

Brainstorming

Writing down specific topics gathered from various sources to generate a list of major points with sub-details

Graphic Organizer

Tools for structured representation of topics, helping establish relationships between different ideas visually

Distinguishing Facts from Opinions

Differentiating between statements that can be proven true or false (facts) and personal views or biases (opinions).

Writing

is a medium of human communication that involves representing a language through symbols inscribed physically, transferred mechanically, or represented digitally.

Subjective Narration

Conveys impressions, feelings, insights, or points of view

Objective Narration

Presents facts to create an accurate timeline of events.

Point of View

Refers to the relationship of the narrator to the action, with two main __ - first person and third person.

Topic outline

include the specific word or phrases.

Sentence outline

as the term suggests use a sentence or sentences

Facts

are statements which can be proven to be either true or false. - These are statements that can be checked or proven

Facts

by conducting some sort of experiment, or observation, or by verifying

Opinions

on the other hand, is the author’s personal view or biases about a certain topic

Person vs Person

Character conflicts, whether between heroes and villains or sparring lovers

Opinions

Clue words for ___ statements are “think”, “feel”, “belief”, “seem”, “always”, “never”, “all”, “none”, “most”, “least”, “best”, “greatest”, and “worst”

Person vs Society

A character is victimized by society

Person vs nature

When two lovers are separated by

PERSON VS TECHNOLOGY

Characters face ominous science moving beyond our control

monitoring

The reader grasps the meaning of the reading material by connecting it to his schema or background knowledge. - This stage occurs when the reader makes predictions as he reads and confirms or revises the prediction

evaluating

In this stage, it enables the reader to establish a connection between what they know and what they learned. - Specifically, it allows the reader to retell a story, discuss the elements of a story, answer questions, and compare it to another text.

planning

The purpose of reading is set. It allows the reader to activate background knowledge, preview the text, and develop a purpose for reading

outlining

It is a process of organizing information gathered from reading. It uses an outline—a skeletal framework—which includes the ideas separated by a specific heading and uses a numbering system

writing

a medium of human communication that involves the representation of a language through a system of physically inscribed, mechanically transferred, or digitally represented symbols.

narration

It is a story written to explain “what”, “when”, and “who”. It reveals what a reader should learn