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Primary Sources
- firsthand records, events, theories, opinions, or actions
- may not always be accurate
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Facts
- information based on real, provable events, or situations
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Opinions
- beliefs based on personal judgements rather than indisputable facts
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Biases
- opinions or beliefs that affect a person's ability to make fair, unclouded judgements or decisions
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Stereotypes
- oversimplified opinions that do not account for individual differences, about an entire group of people or things
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Critical Reading
- a reading style in which the reader carefully analyzes the text, judging its credibility and the author's intentions rather than accepting the material as fact
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Author's Purpose
- the author's main reason for writing a particular piece
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Narrative (forms of text)
- tells a story or relates a chain of events
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Expository (forms of text)
- explains a subject
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Technical (forms of text)
- passes along precise information
- usually in formal or semiformal style
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Persuasive (forms of text)
- tries to get the reader to agree with the author
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Topic
- the general subject matter covered by the work
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Main Idea
- the work's specific message
- the reason the text is written
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Supporting Details
- explains the main idea
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Themes
- subjects that a written work frequently touches on
- ideas or concepts that the book comes back to again and again
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Topic Sentences
- express the main point of a paragraph or of a larger text
- appears early in the structure
- usually in the begin of a text
- usually makes a statement that the remaining sentences will explain
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Summary Sentences
- usually appears at the end of a paragraph, chapter, section, or document
- conclusions based on topic
- provides closure to a text