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Core Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |