Unit 5 Critical skills vocabulary

Define Critical

• Curious

• Vital

• Essential

• Irrelevant

Define Catalog

• Index
• Directory
• Inventory
• Bullet point

Define Comprehension

• The ability to communicate ineffectively.

• The ability to understand or grasp the meaning or significance of something.
• The ability to speak clearly.

• The ability to solve problems.

Define inference

• The process of making conclusions or predictions without evidence or reasoning.
• The process of collecting evidence or reasoning on something a secondhand source told you.

• The process of drawing conclusions or making predictions based on evidence or reasoning.
• The process of drawing conclusions or making predictions based on emotions or beliefs.

Define logical

• Emotional or intuitive
• Based on reason or rationality
• Based on personal opinion
• Random or arbitrary

Define analogy

• A comparison between two things
• A mathematical equation
• A description of a single thing
• A contrast between two things

Define argument

• A statement or set of statements used to persuade someone to believe or do something.
• A type of logical fallacy.
• A mathematical operation or function.
• A disagreement or conflict between two or more people.

Define idiom

• A phrase or expression with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.
• A phrase or expression with a literal meaning different from its figurative meaning.
• A phrase or expression with a literal meaning.
• A phrase or expression with a literal meaning same as its figurative meaning.

Define diction

• The study of ancient languages
• A type of fruit
• A form of exercise
• The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.