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Explicit (adj) O Fully, clearly expressed; easy to understand O The teacher’s mood was explicit; she yelled and screamed, “I am so upset about your behavior for the substitute!”
Explicit (adj)O Fully, clearly expressed; easy to
understandO The teacher’s mood was explicit; she
yelled and screamed, “I am so upset about your behavior for the substitute!”
Implicit (adj)O The underlying meaning behind a
statement, phrase, picture, or media. You have to figure it out on your own. What message is trying to be sent by a person’s actions or words?
O We knew our teacher was upset about our behavior without her even saying a word; she curled her lip, her face got red, steam rolled out of her ears, and she scowled at each of us as we entered the room.
InferenceO An educated guess based on what
you see and what you already know
SITUATION:O You get off the bus from school and
there’s an ambulance in your driveway.
O What do you already know about ambulances? What can you infer?
12 Powerful Words Pretest Define the following terms:
O TraceO AnalyzeO InferO EvaluateO FormulateO DescribeO SupportO ExplainO SummarizeO CompareO ContrastO Predict
Write at least 5 complete sentences that analyzes the cartoon below.
