why do people have different points of view? academic vocabulary
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CONTEXT CLUES: 1. DEFINITION 2. SYNONYM 3. ANTONYM 4. INFERENCE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY: 1. NONFICTION: 2. FACT: 3. OPINION: 4. PURPOSE 5. CONFLICTING: 6. INFLUENCE 7. INFERENCE 8. CLAIM 9. CENTRAL IDEA 10. SUPPORT 11. EVIDENCETRANSCRIPT
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WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF
VIEW?ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
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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.
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CONTEXT CLUES:
1. DEFINITION2. SYNONYM 3. ANTONYM4. INFERENCE
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
1. NONFICTION:2. FACT:3. OPINION:4. PURPOSE5. CONFLICTING:6. INFLUENCE7. INFERENCE8. CLAIM9. CENTRAL IDEA10. SUPPORT11. EVIDENCE
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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
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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.”
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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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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
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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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D
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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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D
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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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D
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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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D
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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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, CONT’D
EVIDENCE• SOMETHING THAT GIVES PROOF OR
A REASON TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.
• THE DETECTIVE GATHERED ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT THE CRIMINAL.
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