Lessons 1 and 4 Vocabulary Practice

to examine something in detail for the purpose of explanation

• analyze

• central idea

• implied

• explicit

the most important or central thoughts unifying elements of a text

• analyze

• implied

• central idea

• explicit

suggested, not directly expressed

• explicit

• implied

• central idea

• concrete details

so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning

• central idea

• implicit

• facts

• explicit

the act or process to creating something

• development

• central idea

• facts

• definition

information used as evidence or as part of a report

• defintion

• concrete details

• quotations

• facts

a statement of the exact meaning of a word

• development

• definition

• facts

• concrete details

a specific description of a particular item, person, or place

• facts

• definiton

• concrete details

• quotations

a group of words taken from a text or conversation that is added by the author

• quotations

• defintion

• facts

• concrete details

a coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a perspective

• definition

• argument

• facts

• counterclaim