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Core Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Infer/Inference | you decide that it is true after gathering and considering information about it. |
Determine | you discover it or decide on it. |
Analyze | look closely at each of its parts and see if they fit together in a way that make sense. |
Advantage | a favorable position or gain. |
Disadvantage | less favorable position. |
reflect | you think about it |
elaborate | tell more about it |
valid | resanable, correct |
Drawing conclusions | take or pull out |
Refer | You mention it in a formal way |
Support | You help others with it by providing reasons and evidence |
transition | a passage from one state, stage, subject,or place to another |
Contradict | to express the opposite |
Verify | make sure something is true |
eliminate | to get rid of,remove |
accurate | correct in all details |
paraphrase | you say it doing different words |
identify | you say what it is |
significant | having meaning or influence |
concept | thought, notion, generic idea |
defend | you say why you think it is true |
debate | to engage in argument by discussing opposite points |
clarify | explain it in a way that makes it easier to understand |
Benefit | Something that promotes or enhances well being; and advantage |
Demonstarte | you show how you do it |
Manipulate | You control it or move it around for specific purpose |
develop | If you develop something you work one it over a period of time during in which it grows or changes |
Justify | explain why it is reasonable or appropriate |
Interact | your actions affect each other |
Generalize | Take what you know about one situation and apply it to other situations or things |
Interpret | Explain the meaning of something |
Distinguish | You recognize it for a specific reason |
Articulate | Express it clearly |
Generate | To bring into being, create |
Synthesize | You combine it in a logical way |
Support | hold up |
Defend | Protect from harm and danger |
Justify | Show or prove |
Evidence | the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid |
Central Idea | Element of a story |
analyze | Examine |
Infer | conclude |
Cite | |
Argument | |
Reasoning | |
Interpret | To explain something |
Conclusion | The end of a passage |
Context | scene/setting |