Rl 7.1-7.6 Vocabulary

providing information from reliable sources -- quote

• inference

• cite

• central idea

• details

The main idea about life that the author wants the reader to think about; the author's most important message for the reader

• Central Idea

• Explicit

• Develop

• Details

Evidence that an author uses to support an argument

• Develop

• Inference

• Central Idea

• Details

How an author uses evidence to support an argument and make the position and argument clearer as the text progresses

• Analyze

• Develop

• Explicit

• Details

An educated guess about an author's purpose or meaning assembled from clues in the text

• Analyze

• Explicit

• Inference

• Textual evidence

Information directly stated in the text; facts and details authors want to tell the readers directly

• Analyze

• Explicit

• Textual evidence

• Inference

To closely study the information in the text

• Summary

• Implicit

• Subjective

• Analyze

Information that comes from the passage or essay that you are reading, not from your own life or another text

• Textual evidence

• Summary

• Implicit

• Subjective

Ideas or thoughts that are only suggested by the detail in the text, not directly expressed by the author

• Summary

• Implicit

• Objective

• Opinion/judgement

How the author feels about a topic or subject

• Summary

• Objective

• Opinion/judgement

• Subjective