The reason an author writes something.

Things known for certain to have happened; things known for certain to be true; things known for certain to exist. These are provable or verifiable statements.

Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

Which is the appropriate word?

Everybody showed up for the party accept/except Carlos.

Two things you can do to build your vocabulary.

An author's attitude or opinion toward a topic is revealed by this.

The quality of being factually or logically sound. The strength of one’s argument.

The type of context clue used here:

Night is the time when many animals forage, or search, for food.

Which is the appropriate word?

Which one is your/you're hat?

You should take as much of this as you need to avoid making careless mistakes during the Reading Comprehension test.

Beliefs the author must hold in order to have written something in the way that s/he has written it.

Invalid arguments usually contain these. Examples include circular reasoning, faulty cause and effect, and hasty generalizations.

The type of context clue used here:

Joan loves to buy exotic foods: vegetables and herbs from China, spices from India, olives from Greece, and cheeses from France.

Which is the appropriate word?

It's/Its time for bed.

Inferring from text requires us to draw conclusions based on these two things.

An author's prejudice or slant on an issue or topic.

Things believed to have happened; things believed to be true; things believed to exist. These are statements of belief, feeling, or judgment.

The type of context clue used here:

We thought that the mother would be very distraught at hearing of her husband's accident; however, she took the news quite calmly.

Which is the appropriate word?

We won't know the affect/effect of the medication until later.

The process of paying attention to whether or not you are understanding what you are reading.

Two mechanisms through which authors reveal tone.

Sentences containing facts, opinions, or examples that have little or no connection to the main idea are considered to be this.

The type of context clue used here:

Because there was so little precipitation this year, the crops dried up and died.

Which is the appropriate word?

I don't know who's/whose camera this is.

One way that you can help me help you!