Dictionary Use & Vocabulary in Context
Main Ideas, Supporting Details, & Locations of Main Ideas
Relationships I & II
Inferences & Implied Main Ideas
Argument
100
a word that has a similar meaning
What is a synonym?
100
evidence that backs up the main ideas
What are supporting details?
100
signals similarities
What are comparison words?
100
ideas that are not stated directly
What are inferences?
100
the basics of an argument
What are point and support?
200
a tool used to find various meanings of a word
What is a dictionary?
200
signal words that carry the reader from one sentence or idea to the next
What are transition words?
200
signals that the author will provide one or more examples to clarify a given idea
What are illustration words?
200
using your own experience and common sense to come up with this information
What are logical inferences?
200
makes and supports a point
What is an argument?
300
This dictionary tip tells the sounds of the consonants and the vowels in a word
What are pronunciation symbols?
300
a general idea supported by specific ideas
What is the main idea?
300
words or phrases that show the relationship between ideas
What are transitions?
300
an idea that is clearly suggested, but not stated directly
What is implied?
300
a person that can support or make an argument in a particular matter
What is a critical thinking?
400
the pair of words at the top of the dictionary page
What are guide words?
400
this can be found in the beginning, middle, or end of a paragraph
What is the main idea?
400
signals differences
What are contrast words?
400
The general idea must cover all of the ________________
What is specific ideas?
400
specific information that backs up the point
What is support?
500
a word that is the opposite of another word
What is an antonym?
500
the two levels of supporting details
What are major and minor?
500
presents a series of reasons, examples, or other points
What is list of items pattern?
500
A general idea must not be too ___________ or too __________.
What is specific & broad?
500
when support is local and related to the point
What is relevant?
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