Reading and writing skills quiz 1

Reading

Cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text

Previewing

Taking a “Sneak Peek”

Looking at the readily visible parts of the text

Skimming

Getting the gist of what the text is about

Main point of the article

Physically moving your eyes

400-700 wpm

Content word

Words that are important to read

Function word

To have a function in a statement with no meaning

Scanning

Looking for a specific information

Read a passage only to find an answer

700 wpm

Schemata

Recalling background knowledge

Content schemata

Relate to the context of the text

Formal schemata

Relating to the theoretical structure of the text

How the text was written

Linguistic schemata

Relating to the knowledge about vocabulary/grammar

Cultural schemata

Relating to general aspects of cultural knowledge shared by larger sections of a cultural population

Context clues

Words, phrases, and sentences that surround unfamiliar words

Not give exact meaning

Synonym context clue

Similar meaning to the unknown word

Antonym context clue

Opposite meaning of the unfamiliar word

Example context clue

Unfamiliar word is cleared up by giving an example

One common characteristic

Explanations/definitions context clue

Unknown word is equated to a familiar word

Directly defined & described

Situations context clue

Meaning changes according to context

Denotation

Strict dictionary meaning of the word

Literal meaning

Connotation

Emotional, cultural, and figurative meaning

Be positive or negative