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| Inference | to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text. |
| Explicit idea or message | is fully stated or revealed by the author. The author tells the reader exactly what he or she needs to know. |
| Central idea | the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage. |
| Objective summary | an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions |
| Connotative meaning | A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word |
| Informational texts | passages that explain or inform |
| Fact | a statement that can be proven |
| opinion | a statement that cannot be proven, as it states an author’s belief or judgment about something |
| Interactions | refer to how ideas influence individuals or events or how individuals influence ideas or events and give insight into meaning. |
| Figurative meaning | refers to the symbolic meaning of words or phrases |
| personification | describing an object as if it were a person |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a descriptive comparison that states one thing is another |
| hyperbole | exaggeration beyond belief |
| idiom | a quirky expression or saying that is specific to a language |
| Denotative meaning | The explicit meaning of a word |
| Technical meaning | the meaning of a word as it relates to a specific subject or process |
| Tone | the attitude of an author about a subject or an audience. The author will choose words and language to create a tone and express a viewpoint in a text. |
| Organization | the way in which a passage is structured. Each sentence, paragraph, or chapter fits into the overall structure of a passage and contributes to the development of ideas. |
| Organizational structures | can include chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, order of importance, and problem and solution. |
