DOE Essential Vocabulary - Reading Strand

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Visual enhancements such as boldface, italics, sidebars, illustrations, and headings.

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Textural aides

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Prefixes and suffixes are attached to these to create new words.

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root words

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the basic dictionary meaning of a word

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denotation

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What term describes a word that can be positive or negative, more personal, and have an implied meaning beyond the general definition?

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connotation

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The text structure that is used to indicate that one thing directly causes another to happen.

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Cause/effect

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The order in which things occur or are carried out

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sequential order/sequence

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To make an assessment based on the information provided

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draw conclusion

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Using the information provided and then "reading between the lines" to come to a conclusion about something.

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inference

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The use of clues in one's writing to hint at things that will come later.

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foreshadowing

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The contrast between expectation and what is real, between what appears to be and what is actually true.

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irony