Transcript ACHS ACT Words: Week 1

ACHS ACT Words:
Reading Direction Words
Point of view, characterize,
implies, assertion, distinguishes
 In
fiction point-of-view questions
ask you to identify the point of
view of the narrator ( who’s
telling the story).
 In contrast, the nonfiction pointof-view questions ask you to
identify how the writer (a real
person) views his or her subject.
Prose Fiction, Social Science,
Humanities, and Natural Science
1st person-I, me, my, mine,
we, us, our, ours
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Example-I earned my raise
Good for personal experience and
evaluation and/or opinion
Point of View
 2nd
person- you, your, yours
 Example-You
 Good
earned your raise.
for
instructing
and addressing
readers directly.
Point of View
3rd personany other
noun
(girl, man, Jorge)
or pronoun
(he, him, his,
she, her, hers,
they, them,
it, is)
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Example-Jorge earned
His raise.
Good for generalizing
experience
Point of View-
Characterize-verb—describes
In fiction, the narrator describes or
characterizes the characters
behaviors and motivations.
HOWEVER,
in the other passages, a scientist
may describe or characterize science
as a subject that explores the
frontiers of new knowledge.
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How does the author
characterize?
 Inference
questions
frequently use verbs such as:
suggest-mention as a
possibility,
infer-conclude,
imply-hint, and
indicate-point out .
Inference-Connect the clues
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Assertion-noun—declare—often seen in
questions asking for details.
Example, the author’s assertion that
babies will be born in space by 2050
is doubted by some.
Assert is the verb. If you assert
something, you must support your
opinion.
Detail Questions
What does this ad assert?
 Distinguish-verb
Show how things are different
Can you distinguish between
musical notes-- the meaning of
words in context– biological
species or points of views?
The author distinguishes
between hot temperature and
a hot temper.