Annotation Vocabulary Review

specific details from the text that support your conclusions or argument

• textual evidence

• drawing conclusions

• text

• annotations

using information that is implied or inferred to make meaning out of what is not clearly stated

• annotation

• making inferences

• drawing conclusions

• paraphrasing

give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

• annotate

• paraphrase

• summarize

• explain

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• paraphrase

• annotation

• inference

• interpretation

A restatement of speech or writing that retains the basic meaning while changing the words

• clarification

• annotation

• paraphrase

• summarize

the action of explaining the meaning of something

• interpretation

• annotation

• communication

• demonstration

add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment

• summarize

• draw conclusions

• elaborate

• annotate

a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form

• annotation

• inference

• summary

• text

the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text

• purposeful reading

• annotation

• summarization

• drawing conclusions