WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF

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DO NOW

• TAKE OUT YOUR HOMEWORK FROM OVER THE BREAK. IF YOU WERE ABSENT, YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE TO LOOK AT THE VERITAS WEBSITE FOR WHAT WAS DUE. ALL WORK WAS POSTED.

• PLEASE COPY DOWN TONIGHT’S HW:• PUT VOCABULARY WORDS ON FLASH CARDS• IF POSSIBLE, BRING IN A NONFICTION ARTICLE FOR TOMORROW

• TAKE OUT YOUR ELA BINDER AND OPEN TO A NEW SHEET OF PAPER. WE WILL BE TAKING NOTES TODAY.

CONTEXT CLUES:

1. DEFINITION2. SYNONYM 3. ANTONYM4. INFERENCE

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1. NONFICTION:2. FACT:3. OPINION:4. PURPOSE5. CONFLICTING:6. INFLUENCE7. INFERENCE8. CLAIM9. CENTRAL IDEA10. SUPPORT11. 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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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EVIDENCE• SOMETHING THAT GIVES PROOF OR

A REASON TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.

• THE DETECTIVE GATHERED ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT THE CRIMINAL.