Using Vocabulary for Understanding

A reader uses evidence to

• demonstrate what the author thinks about a topic.

• prove or disprove an idea or thought.

• explain an idea or thought.

Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

• To keep from reading the entire text.

• To show you understand like a lawyer.

• To demonstrate you know what you're talking about.

• To prove one's ideas and thoughts.

A text is

• a message sent to family and friends.

• anything that can be read.

• something written.

When information is given to a reader explicitly, the narrator

• gives hints and clues so the reader could form an idea.

• states exactly what he/she wanted the reader to know.

• sums up everything for the reader.

Implicitly stated information means that the reader

• must use hints and clues from the text to form an idea or opinion about the text.

• takes what the author has said because it needs no interpretation.

• must read the narrator's mind because the narrator was confused.

An analysis is

• when the reader looks at the big picture and makes an educaated guess.

• when a reader makes the text make sense.

• when a text is broken into smaller parts to help the reader understand the big picture.

An inference is the same as

• textual evidence.

• implicitly stated information.

• explicitly stated information.

Citing evidence means

• a person has given proof to prove or disprove a claim.

• a person received a warning from a police officer.

• a person is saying what was told to him/her to clear his name.