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academic word

a word that is associated with education; may refer to vocabulary words

100

detail(s) that prove a point 

evidence 

100

cite evidence 

looking back into a text to find specific words that support an inference 

100

the big idea, message, or lesson an author wants you to learn from a story 

central idea

100

infer

to make a logical guess

200

inference

a conclusion about something based on what you see or know

200

context

the nearby words that help clarify a word's meaning 

200

a nonfiction text that provides facts and details about a topic 

informational text

200

explicit 

clearly stated

200

an important piece of information that supports a main idea

key detail

300

a chart that can be used to keep track of important information about an event, a person, or an idea

graphic organizer

300

connotative

the feeling behind a word, or the emotion it makes a reader feel 

300

words and phrases that mean something other than what they say 

figurative

300

when the meaning of a word is exact, as in its dictionary definition 

literal

300

main idea 

the most important message the author of a text conveys to readers 

400

quote

to write exact words from a text and place quotation marks around them 

400

a technique used to persuade readers to agree with a certain point of view 

rhetorical device 

400

background knowledge 

anything that has already been learned from other sources or one's own experiences

400

paraphrase

to restate information in one's own words 

400

details in a text that provide facts or proof of something 

text evidence

500

summarize

to briefly restate the most important ideas and details in a story or text 

500

a word that is associated with a particular subject 

domain-specific word 

500

logical fallacy 

an argument that is not supported by facts and evidence

500

a word that is usually scientific or technical in nature 

technical word

500

TIE BREAKER

word for word, tell me the definition of domain-specific word

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