DOE Essential Vocabulary - Reading Strand

visual enhancements such as boldface, italics, sidebars, illustrations and headings 

• connotations
• denotations
• textural aides
• organizational patterns

prefixes and suffixes are attached to these to create new words 

• connotations
• denotations
• root words
• fixates

the basic dictionary meaning of a word 

• connotation
• denotation
• mnemonic
• affix

can be positive or negative; can be more personal; can have an implied meaning beyond the general definition
Ex: svelte, slim, skinny
Ex: house, home, shack

• denotation
• definition
• connotation
• explanation

the text structure that is used to indicate that one thing directly causes another to happen

• problem/solution
• compare/contrast
• cause/effect
• question/answer

the order in which things occur or are carried out

• chronological order
• sequential order/sequence
• preferential order
• order

to make an assessment based on the information provided

• draw conclusion
• inference
• irony
• denotation

using the information provided and then "reading between the lines" to come to a conclusion about something

• draw conclusion
• inference 
• deference
• foreshadowing

the use of clues in one's writing to hint at things that will come later

• irony
• cause/effect
• foreshadowing
• inference

the contrast between expectation and what is real, between what appears to be and what is actually true

• foreshadowing
• irony
• inference
• prediction