Academic Concepts

To record the main ideas or events

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Infer

• Imply

To show or explain the relationship between parts of a whole, to show how things fit together or impact each other

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Infer

• Imply

To reach a conclusion based on evidence, to figure something out that is not explicitely stated or shown

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Infer

• Imply

To say something indirectly without stating it explicitly.

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Infer

• Imply

When the meaning of language is exactly as stated.

Example: "This class is tough."

Meaning: "This class is difficult."

• Literal

• Figurative

• Explicit

• Implicit

When the meaning of language is other than the literal stated meaning.

Example: "This class is a zoo."

Meaning: "This class is out of control."

• Literal

• Figurative

• Explicit

• Implicit

When something is stated or shown directly and in the open.

• Literal

• Figurative

• Explicit

• Implicit

When something is not stated directly but should be understood indirectly.

• Literal

• Figurative

• Explicit

• Implicit

Information that is not measurable and open to interpretation and human opinion/perspective.

Example: Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time.

• Objective

• Subjective

• Abstract

• Concrete

Information that is measurable and not open to interpretation. It is the same for everyone.

Example: The world's tallest man was 8 feet, 11 inches tall.

• Objective

• Subjective

• Abstract

• Concrete