Key Concepts and Terms

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Compare

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Examine to note the likenesses between two things

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Contribute

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Help

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Purpose

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Reasons or why

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Conclusion

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Decision reached

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Support

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To back up

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Quotation

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A group of words or sentences taken from the text

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Evidence

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Facts that prove or disprove

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Structure

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The relationship displayed throughout or the organization of the passage

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Signal

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Cue or prompt

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Infer

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To guess or figure out from evidence