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What is making inferences?
What is oxymoron?
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What is oxymoron?
two words that are contradictory to one another.
to combine contradictory words with opposing meanings
Contradictory terms
terms are combined in order to create a rhetorical effect
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What is making inferences?
Try to be logical with something
Guess what something means
Make a logical guess based off a text or passage
Logical conclusion draw from evidence
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What is onomatopeia
A word that replaces something already said
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Moo...
Words that imitates the sound of animals
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He was 17 when he was confined to housework
True
False
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What is anaphora?
Curiosity
to adress something abstract
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning to draw attention
represent something that has not been said yet
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What is simile?
Comparing two objects
A comparison
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison between a person and an object using "as"
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What the two types of reading
Extensive reading (for fun), intensive reading (school)
scanning and skimming
Scientific reading (for school), reading for entertainment
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Mention the reading techniques
Making inferences, intensive reading for fun
Skimming and scanning
Reading for pleasure, skimming, scanning, inferences, context cues
Extensive reading, reading for pleasure
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What is skimming for?
Scientific magazines and articles
Non-fiction materials
Fictional books
Large texts
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What are context cues?
Making inferences
Guessing what a certain phrase means
Reading along the lines
Guessing meanings from surrounding words (hints)
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What is alliteration?
Repetition of words at the beggining of a text
Repetition of a question
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds
To answer a question raised by myself
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What is apostrophe?
a link that connects the emotions to the subject.
Apostrophe is an exclamatory figure of speech.
to address someone or something that is not physically present.
Address to an absent or imaginary person
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He died April 11, 1890
False
True
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What is hyperbole?
A word that represents a sound
juxtaposition
Stylistic device used to emphasize something
Exaggeration
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When did he become a patient of the London Hospital?
In 1890
In 1866
In 1876
In 1877
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What is antithesis?
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
two opposites introduced together
juxtaposition (parallel grammatical structures)
the opposite from something
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How to become a better reader?
Reading all the articles you can
Understand that is a habitDesignate space and timeAsk for suggestions
Read more complicated books
By reading books for kids
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What are litotes?
something opposite
Understatement expressed by its opposite
to soften a statement
she is not very pretty
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What is scanning?
Search for answers in novels
Look for the answer for a test
Look for an specific item with rapid movement
Look for something specific in a text
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What are the benefits of scanning?
Makes it easier
Understanding
Gets answers quickly
Makes it easier to understand texts
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Precutions of scanning
Words may get mixed
Incorrect preconceived notions, comprehension issues
Gets things out of context
The answer could be wrong
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What is hypophora?
Esquizofrenia
To answer myself a question that one heard
raising a question then proceeding to answer it (curiosity)
Ask myself something (curious)
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What is the benefit of skimming?
Makes texts easier to read
It makes the texts feel shorter
Makes memorization easier
It saves time
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When was Joseph Merrick born and where?
August 5, 1688 in England
August 5, 1862 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
August 5, Lestercher, Phenthen, England
August 5, Lestercher, England
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What are stylistic devices used for?
To make them look corny
To make texts easier to read
Auxiliary meaning to emphasize, freshness and clarify
To give texts a new meaning and to emphasize them
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What is skimming?
Understanding better a text
Main ideas
Looking for main or general ideas, important info
Looking for something in a text
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How old was he when he started to show signs of his illness?
8
12
11
5
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What are the benefits of reading
comprehension, read more
Communication skillsExercises your brainEmpathy Reduce stress Better sleep
Get to know more books, broaden your horizon, get more recomendations
More vocabulary, meet more people, expand your knowledge
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What are euphemisms?
replaces a word that conveys a concept that might make others uncom
It is a way of using language creatively to make a point.
a word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic
A mild word substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt
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What is cataphora?
to describe an expression that co-refers with a later
Reference to something that comes later in a sentence or in a text.
an element is used in an earlier clause to modify another element mentioned
an earlier expression refers to or describes a forward expression.
