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10 Cards in this Set
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Text features
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Aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand and organize information.
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Hypothesize
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To propose an explanation for something or make an assumption or guess.
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Hypothesis
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Your guess or assumption. Notice the relationship between Hypothesis, which is a guess or proposed explanation, and the world thesis, which is the purpose statement of an essay.
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Primary source
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An original account or record created at the time of an event by someone, who is witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types primary sources.
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Secondary source |
These analyze interpret or critique primary sources. Textbooks about historical event, movie, and book reviews are secondary sources.
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Credibility
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Comes the word credible, which means ‘’ believe or trustworthy’’.
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Inference
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A conclusion that the reader draws based on details in a text or a speech.
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search term
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A single word or short phrase used in a database search.
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Valid
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Facts and details in a text are valid when they support the claim a writer is making.
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Norm
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Refers to something that is usual or expected. Group norms refer to be social behavior that is typical or expected of a group.
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