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... or about what happened at the staff meeting If you’re taking a standardized test, you’ll probably have to answer readingcomprehension questions that ask about the facts inareading passage ... ReadingComp_4E_[fin].indd 25 3/11/09 11:10:38 AM ReadingComp_4E_[fin].indd 26 3/11/09 11:10:38 AM L E S S O N FINDING THE MAIN IDEA There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking —Isaac Disraeli, ... the main idea of a passage; it must be general enough to encompass all the ideas in that passage, and it usually makes an assertion about the subject of that passage Knowing all that, you can answer...
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... Partners Main idea A Major detail B Major detail Minor detail Minor detail Main idea A Major detail B Major detail Study Group Family pros cons Make Study Notes You may have used an outline in school ... Modality learning by seeing learning by listening learning by doing BACK OF CARD Visual Modality Auditory Modality Kinesthetic Modality learning by seeing learning by listening learning by doing ... memorized—on index cards Vocabulary words are significantly easier to learn using index cards Advantages of making notes on index cards are: ■ ■ ■ The information on each card is visually separated from...
... (noun) a way of thinking or an attitude that stresses the value of being practical, realistic, and useful We were all glad he showed such at the meeting and that he was not too idealistic about achieving ... something an employee might be warned against Dross means the unusable part of something, or waste 46 anomaly Since the one good player stands out on the team, he or she must be an anomaly, or an abnormality ... room, and I knew my comical uncle must have been telling some of his jokes again 24 wallow a roll around in b bask c indulge d avoid 19 The pain in my side was not ; I felt sharp stabs of pain every...
... my diving adventure in Indonesia, I purchased some state of the art radar gear 45 If you want something done quickly, you may ask for it ASAP 46 At the new planetarium, I saw an amazing laser ... compact disc that contains data a computer can read self-contained underwater breathing device 10 English as a second language 13 a company that provides access to the Internet 14 a device that ... to understand the reading passage By learning and mastering the words in this chapter, you can give yourself the extra advantage you need on tests and in your reading 197 – VOCABULARY LIST 13:...
... qualify and clarify the subject at hand Consider a mental image coming into focus as additional information is put forth: “There was a man There was an old man There was an old, dolorous man.” In ... (noun) fatal injury or ruin; a cause of harm, ruin, or death; a source of persistent annoyance or exasperation The persistent beetles that continued to eat away at the crop of string beans in spite ... rations so that each man received an equal amount moot ( mut) (noun) a hypothetical case argued as an exercise; a case no longer of actual significance Since the position was no longer available,...
... 17 18 Across using language effectively and persuasively banal, ordinary, common play on words maxim, adage ordinary writing 13 humanization 15 incongruity, or expressing something other than, ... woman reading Jackson’s latest novel, a satire that exposes and pokes fun of dating in the big city When I, instinctively as a literary critic, approached the reader to ask her opinion, I realized ... relating an incident 14 main character – VOCABULARY LIST 9: TERMS RELATING TO LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE – deduce (di· dus) (verb) to reach a conclusion by reasoning; to infer from a general principle;...
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... especially in the arts (adj.) relating to a group of people who develop innovative and experimental concepts, especially in the arts As part of the , Abe’s paintings have always been on the cutting ... woman, an actress playing such a role She was an ; she was young and innocent , vendetta (ven· de·tə) (noun) a grudge or feud characterized by acts of retaliation He had a against the man who ... started getting a feeling of and assumed I was getting sick, too At the party, I watched as a young man introduced himself as an entrepreneur to a naïve young woman, and then continued to brag...