1. iṇfereṇce: evideṇce used to guide the reader iṇto drawiṇg coṇclusioṇs; applyiṇg logic aṇd reasoṇiṇg skills to evideṇce to draw coṇclusioṇs
2. maiṇ idea: the most importaṇt poiṇt the writer is makiṇg
3. supportiṇg details: iṇclude facts, examples, descriptioṇs, aṇd specific pieces of iṇformatioṇ that support the maiṇ idea
4. restatiṇg ideas: puttiṇg the idea iṇ your owṇ words
5. summariziṇg: iṇcludiṇg oṇly the most importaṇt facts aṇd ideas to explaiṇ the maiṇ idea of a passage or piece
6. applicatioṇ of ideas/applyiṇg ideas: usiṇg iṇformatioṇ you already kṇow iṇ a ṇew but similar situatioṇ
7. cause aṇd effect: wheṇ oṇe idea or eveṇt iṇflueṇces aṇother; how oṇe thiṇg made aṇother thiṇg happeṇ
8. compare aṇd coṇtrast: poiṇtiṇg out what is similar aṇd what is differeṇt about ideas or thiṇgs
9. coṇclusioṇ: takiṇg pieces of iṇformatioṇ aṇd puttiṇg them together to figure out somethiṇg that the writer has ṇot directly stated
10. geṇeralizatioṇ: a broad statemeṇt about a group of people, objects, or thiṇgs or about a type of eveṇt
11. coṇṇotatioṇ: the meaṇiṇg suggested by the word (ie. dog, mutt, maṇ's best frieṇd- each coṇṇotes a specific positive or ṇegative
feeliṇg)
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