academic vocabulary part 1

Front

Surrounding information that helps determine meaning.

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Context.

Front

What provides more information about the central idea?

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Details

Front

TE + BK = ?

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Inference

Front

Central idea and key details without opinions or judgments.

Back

Summary

Front

Sequence of events in a story

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Plot

Front

Finding similarities between items:

Back

Compare

Front

Information directly stated by an author.

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Explicit.

Front

To show:

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Reveal

Front

Main focus of the text?

Back

Central idea

Front

Not directly stated by the author; the reader must infer.

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Implicit