GUST 0342: Midterm Review – The midterm will cover any skill
or lecture notes covering chapters 1-7.
Context clues
Synonym
Antonym
Examples
General Sense of the sentence or Passage
Topic
Main Idea (Pay attention to list words that identify main idea. Also. Know the location
of the main idea.)
Topic Sentence
Central Point
Thesis
Supporting Details-Major/Minor (Pay attention to addition that introduce supporting
details)
Outlining
Mapping
Implied Main Idea
General versus Specific Ideas
Patterns of Organization
Time
Addition (listing)
Illustration
Comparison
Contrast
Comparison and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Inferences-drawing conclusions in:
Literature
Graphs and Tables