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Vocab Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central Idea | most important point the author is trying to make |
| Evidence | facts that are helpful in forming your judgment |
| Argument | reason or set of reasons that something is true |
| Connections | relating what you read to something else you know |
| Structure | how information within a written text is organized |
| Characteristics | special quality or trait making a person, thing, or group different than others |
| Supporting Details | isolated facts or points of information |
| Context | words that are used with certain words or phrases that help determine a meaning |
| Conclusion | a final decision after a period of thought or research |
| Cause/Effect | the reason for an action and the change that results from the action |
| Reasoning | facts or beliefs to support your thought |
| Analyze | break something up into parts |
| Compare/Contrast | finding likenesses and differences |
| Interpret | explain the meaning of |
| Generate | to produce something |
| Cite | quote |
| Demonstrate | show clearly |
| Summarize | make a short statement of a statement or short passage |
| Support | to prove or back up |
| Determine | decide |
| Defend | to speak or write in support of |
| Evaluate | find value or judge |
| Identify | to point out |
| Justify | to provide or prove something is right or reasonable |
| Develope | elaborate or expand |
| Elaborate | to develop or add details |
| Infer | use information to make educated guesses on prior knowledge |
| Clarify | to make easier to understand |
| Distinguish | to notice or recognize a difference between people or things |
| auto | self |
| bio | life |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| omni | all |
| poly | many |
| sub | under |
| tri | three |
| chron | time |
| graph | written |
| junct | to join |
| scope | instrument used to observed |
| tract | to pull |
| able | capable of / worthy of |
| ible | capable of / worthy of |
| ary | relation to or state of / one who / place of or condition of |
| ion | act or condition of |
| ous | full of having |
| ize | to make |
| ology | study of |
| hood | condition of being |