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Reading Strategies Vocab List 1

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analyze   to study (something) closely and carefully; to learn the nature and relationship of the parts of (something) by a close and careful examination  
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draw conclusions   to make a judgment after considering all the information is read  
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conflict   plot tension; opposition between or among characters or forces in a literary work that shapes or motivates the action of the plot; problem that must be overcome by character.  
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determine   to officially decide (something) especially because of evidence or facts; to establish (something) exactly or with authority; to learn or find out (something) by getting information  
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plot   story line; the story or sequence of events that describe how the conflict progresses in something such as a novel, play, or movie  
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setting   the period in time or the place in which the events of a story are said to occur; where or when the story takes place  
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mood   the atmosphere or emotions an author creates through his/her words of choice; details of setting particularly descriptive words and images used to convey the overall feeling of a literary piece  
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theme   central message; a distinct, recurring, and unifying quality or idea  
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deductive reasoning   reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)  
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evidence   your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; detail/information from a text  
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inference   the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions  
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develop   to work out the possibilities of; develop an idea; to create or produce especially by deliberate effort over time  
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cite   to mention (something) especially as an example or to support an idea or opinion  
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identify   to find (recognize) something or someone and be able to give important details about who or what he, she or it is  
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evaluate   to examine something carefully to decide its value or worth  
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author’s purpose   author’s main reason for writing; an author’s intention is to persuade, inform, entertain or search feelings (reflect); determines writing style  
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interpret   to establish or explain the meaning or significance of something  
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synthesize   to combine different ideas, influences, or objects into a new whole  
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critique   review of somebody’s work; a written or broadcast assessment of something, usually a creative work, with comments on its good and bad qualities  
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foreshadowing   be warning of; to indicate or suggest something, usually something unpleasant, that is going to happen  
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