Keystone Review: NONFICTION TERMS, PARTS OF TEXT, TEXT STRUCTURE

To examine each part of a text individually and then consider how they relate to each other and to the whole. 

• Analyze

• Synthesize

• Evaluate

• Examine

To judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of something; to assess.

• Analyze

• Synthesize

• Evaluate

• Examine

A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word.

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Homophone

• Denotation

Words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

• Suffix

• Antonym

• Prefix

• Context clues

The feelings and associations with a word:

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Connotation

• Denotation

The dictionary definition of a word:

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Connotation

• Denotation

A word that is similar in meaning to another word (e.g., sorrow, grief, sadness).

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Connotation

• Denotation

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.

• Synonym

• Implicit

• Connotation

• Explicit

Something that is not explicitly stated in the text but is implied:

• Synonym

• Implicit

• Connotation

• Explicit

A position or claim established by the author:

• Argument

• Body

• Evidence

• Reasoning