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Reading Skills
Critical Thinking
100

Claim

a statement you can support with evidence

100

Summary

a brief account of the main points from a text (or section of a text)

100

Central Idea

the main idea a writer wants you to take away from a text

200

Evidence

the proof you use from a text to support a claim

200

Specific Detail

An example from a text you can use as evidence

200

Inference

a conclusion based on evidence an reasoning

300

Commentary

explains how your evidence connects to your claim in your own words

300

Annotate

adding notes or comments to react to a text

300

Revise 

Re-read or revisit your writing to make changes and improvements

400

Structure

the organization of a piece of writing

400

Interpretation

your personal understanding of a text (or work of art)

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