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The central thought or premise of a passage. Syn: Central thought, central principle, main point. Ant: Minor
Main Idea
Content using more than one mode. (i.e., alphabetic, aural, visual, spatial and/or gestural) to convey meaning. Syn: Multimedia. Ant: Monomodal
Multimodal Content
to reduce large selections of text to the base essentials, including only the key ideas or main points worth noting. Syn: abridge, condense, encapsulate. Ant: elaborate.
Summarize
a category used to classify fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction, usually by form, technique, or content. Fantasy, ode, one-act play, and memoir are all examples of genres. Syn: category, class, classification.
Genre
to rephrase a passage of text in one’s own words while maintaining the original meaning. Syn: rewrite, reword, restate.
Paraphrase
preparing to write by generating a topic, gathering and organizing ideas, and clarifying purpose, audience, and form. Syn: drafting, revision, editing.
Prewriting
a writer’s targeted reader(s). Syn: spectators, listeners, viewers. Ant: critics.
Audience
moving back and forth through a text in either reading or writing, as new ideas are developed or problems encountered. Syn: circular, looping, recurrent. Ant: final.
Recursive
continuity of meaning that enables readers to make sense of a text. Synonym: consistency, clarity, unity. Ant: unclear.
Coherence
the way in which an author reveals a viewpoint or perspective through characters, ideas, events, and/or narration. Syn: viewpoint, perspective, position.
Point of View
True or False? Main Idea is the central thought or premise of a passage.
True
True or False? Multimodal Content is to reduce large selections of text to the base essentials, including only the key ideas or main points worth noting.
False
True or False? Summarize is Content using more than one mode. (i.e., alphabetic, aural, visual, spatial and/or gestural) to convey meaning.
False
True or False? Genre is a category used to classify fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction, usually by form, technique, or content. Fantasy, ode, one-act play, and memoir are all examples of genres.
True
True or False? paraphrase is to rephrase a passage of text in one’s own words while maintaining the original meaning.
True
True or False? Audience is preparing to write by generating a topic, gathering and organizing ideas, and clarifying purpose, audience, and form.
False
