Academic Language: Reading Skills & Strategies

What is a genre?

• Whether a book is nonfiction or fiction.

• A type or category a book fits into.

What is a antonym?

• A word with the opposite meaning.

• A word with the same meaning.

• The exact meaning of a word.

• The feeling associated with a word.

What is a theme?

• What a text is mostly about.

• The lesson of the story.

• The big thing that is wrong in a story.

• Where the story gives you basic information like where it is at.

• When the problems are getting solved and you reach a plateau or conclusion in the story.

What is fiction?

• The type of text with facts.

• The type of text with made up stuff.

What is a synonym?

• A word with the opposite meaning.

• A word with the same meaning.

• The exact meaning of a word.

• The feeling associated with a word.

What is a connotation?

• A word with the opposite meaning.

• A word with the same meaning.

• The exact meaning of a word.

• The feeling associated with a word.

What is a denotation or definition?

• A word with the opposite meaning.

• A word with the same meaning.

• The exact meaning of a word.

• The feeling associated with a word.

What is a main/central idea?

• What a text is mostly about.

• The lesson of the story.

• The big thing that is wrong in a story.

• Where the story gives you basic information like where it is at.

• When the problems are getting solved and you reach a plateau or conclusion in the story.

What is an orientation?

• What a text is mostly about.

• The lesson of the story.

• The big thing that is wrong in a story.

• Where the story gives you basic information like where it is at.

• When the problems are getting solved and you reach a plateau or conclusion in the story.

What is a climax?

• When things in a story are getting complicated.

• The big moment when it feels like things can't get worse in a story.

• The big thing that is wrong in a story.

• Where the story gives you basic information like where it is at.

• When the problems are getting solved but you're not at the end yet.