| Term | Definition |
|---|
| infer | (reader does) to derive as a conclusion from facts or premise; the idea inferred |
| imply | (writer does) to express indirectly rather than say plainly |
| dialect | a regional variety of a language, usually transmitted orally and differing distinctly from the standard language |
| perspective | the power to see or think of things in their true relationship to each other. A mental veiw or prospect; a point of view born out of experiance |
| alienated | feeling unable to connect and relate to surrounding people; feeling different and/or foreign. |
| isolated | Alone, lonely, and excluded from other people. |
| catalyst | The particular force or cause, of an event or sequence of events that is its effect or outcome |
| monotone | One tone. one tone; flat, dull, droning on, boring or featureless. |
| empathy | the sense of someone else's feelings as if you were in the character's shoes |
| anecdote | a narrative or story form. story like rather than pure fact |
| paraphrase | put in your own words |
| plagiarize | steal someone else's words without using quotation marks and citing them. |
| citation | a formal acknowledgement of the source of your info. to formally list the sources of your research |
| discrimination | the art of using good judgement to identify whether a source is valid or accurate |
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