Vocab Quiz #1

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annotation

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a reader’s question or comment about a text written directly on the text

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evaluation

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the act of making a judgment or decision about something

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inference

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an idea formed by combining textual evidence and one’s own reasoning and background knowledge

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respond

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to say something in return; to answer or reply

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track

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to trace the development of events or ideas within a text

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connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word suggests in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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denotation

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the literal or dictionary definition of a word

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context clue

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a hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description

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antonym context clue

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text that has the opposite meaning of an unknown word or phrase or that is a non-example of it

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definition context clue

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text that provides a definition of a word