WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW? ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

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CONTEXT CLUES: 1. DEFINITION 2. SYNONYM 3. ANTONYM 4. INFERENCE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY: 1. NONFICTION: 2. FACT: 3. OPINION: 4. PURPOSE 5. CONFLICTING: 6. INFLUENCE 7. INFERENCE 8. CLAIM 9. CENTRAL IDEA 10. SUPPORT 11. EVIDENCE

WHAT ARE CONTEXT CLUES? OTHER WORDS OR SENTENCES THAT ARE AROUND THE NEW WORD CLUES THAT HELP YOU TO MAKE A GUESS ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE NEW WORD

TYPES OF CONTEXT CLUES DEFINITION – THE WORD IS DEFINED DIRECTLY IN THE SENTENCE IN WHICH IT APPEARS “THE ARBITRATOR, THE NEUTRAL PERSON CHOSEN TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE, ARRIVED AT HER DECISION.” SYNONYM – OTHER WORDS ARE USED IN THE SENTENCE WITH SIMILAR MEANINGS “THE SLENDER WOMAN WAS SO THIN HER CLOTHES WERE TOO BIG ON HER.”

TYPES OF CONTEXT CLUES ANTONYM (OR CONTRAST) – OFTEN SIGNALED BY THE WORDS WHEREAS, UNLIKE, OR AS OPPOSED TO “UNLIKE JAMAAL’S ROOM, WHICH WAS IMMACULATE, JEFFERY’S ROOM WAS VERY MESSY.” INFERENCE – WORD MEANINGS ARE NOT DIRECTLY DESCRIBED, BUT NEED TO BE INFERRED FROM THE CONTEXT “EMMIT’S PUGNACIOUS BEHAVIOR MADE HIS OPPONENT BACK DOWN.”

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY NONFICTION PROSE WRITING THAT PRESENTS AND EXPLAINS IDEAS OR TELLS ABOUT REAL PEOPLE, PLACES, OBJECTS OR EVENTS. THE NONFICTION TEXT TOLD THE TRUE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. FACT BASED ON REAL OR TRUE INFORMATION UNLIKE HIS MADE UP STORY, MINE IS BASED ON FACTS.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D OPINION A PERSONAL VIEW OR ATTITUDE I THINK THAT CHOCOLATE IS BETTER THAN VANILLA, BUT THAT IS JUST MY OPINION. INFLUENCE SWAY OR AFFECT IN SOME OTHER WAY; THE POWER TO DIRECT THE THINKING OR BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS USUALLY INDIRECTLY. THE INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION IS VIOLENCE.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D CONFLICTING DISAGREEING PERSONS OR IDEAS; CLASHING THE KIDS WHO FOUGHT HAD CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED. PURPOSE WHY SOMETHING IS TAKING PLACE THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLASS IS TO LEARN READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING SKILLS.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D INFERENCE THE ACT OR PROCESS OF DERIVING LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM PREMISES ASSUMED TO BE TRUE THE INFERENCE WAS A CONCLUSION REACHED ON THE BASIS OF EVIDENCE AND REASONING. CLAIM WHAT THE WRITER IS TRYING TO PROVE HE CLAIMED THAT THE ESSAY WAS HIS, WHEN THE TEACHER KNEW HIS MOTHER HAD WRITTEN IT.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D CENTRAL IDEA A KEY POINT THE AUTHOR WANTS TO MAKE THE CENTRAL IDEA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, OR DOMINANT, THOUGHT OF A TEXT. SUPPORT DETAILS IN THE TEXT THAT HELP PROVE, EXPLAIN, ILLUSTRATE OR GIVE FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CENTRAL IDEA. SINCE HE WAS UNABLE TO SUPPORT HIS ARGUMENT, NO ONE BELIEVED HIM.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D EVIDENCE SOMETHING THAT GIVES PROOF OR A REASON TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING. THE DETECTIVE GATHERED ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT THE CRIMINAL.