Reading Skills Review

to show that something is important

• emphasize

• influence

• summarize

• evaluate

to tell in a shortened form

• summarize

• emphasize

• determine

• reinforce

to reason or to guess an idea using text evidence and prior knowledge

• conclude

• determine

• infer

• differ

the entire text

• identify

• determine

• structure

• selection

What is the author's purpose for a book series like Harry Potter?

• Inform the reader about magic
• Persuade the reader to become a wizard
• Entertain the reader with a story about a boy wizard
• Express dislike for magic

A commercial ad in a magazine purpose is to ?

• Persuade you to buy and drink more Dr. Pepper
• Inform you of all the ways Dr. Pepper is bad for you.
• Entertain you with a catch phrase.
• Express how delicious Dr. Pepper is 

A magazine article about JJ Watt is most likely to 

• Entertain the reader with a funny interview
• Inform the reader about JJ Watt's professional career
• Persuade you to watch the Texans
• Express JJ Watt's feelings about football 

Identify the text feature.

• Diagram

• Map

• Graph

Identify the text feature.

• Photograph

• Illustration

• Fact Box/Side Bar

• Table

Identify the text feature.

• Heading

• Caption

• Title