Textual Evidence, Multimodal Texts, Inferences, and Conclusions

Practice vocabulary flashcards defining key reading, visual literacy, and critical thinking concepts based on the lecture notes.

Textual Evidence

Information or details from a text that support a reader's ideas, answers, or claims.

Referencing

Mentioning a specific part or section of a text to support an idea.

Paraphrasing

Restating someone else's ideas using your own words without changing the original meaning.

Summarizing

Giving the main idea and important details of a text in a shorter form.

Quoting

Using the exact words taken from a text, indicated with quotation marks.

Visual Text

A text that uses pictures or images to give information, such as a poster, photograph, or infographic.

Multimodal Text

A text that uses two or more ways to communicate information, such as a video with pictures, words, and sounds.

Vectors

Lines or objects that guide the viewer's eyes toward something.

Viewpoint

The angle or position from which we see something.

Low-angle Viewpoint

Looking up at a person or object, such as a camera pointing up at a tall building.

High-angle Viewpoint

Looking down at a person or object, such as a camera taking a picture of people from above.

Eye-level Viewpoint

Looking at something at the same level as our eyes, such as a normal picture of a person standing.

Technical Editing

Improving the appearance and organization of a text to make it clear and easy to understand.

Animation

A series of pictures or drawings that create the appearance of movement.

Inference

Making an educated guess using clues from the text and your own knowledge or experiences.

Prior Knowledge

What you already know based on your experiences or things you have learned, used as a tool in making inferences.

Conclusion

A final judgment or decision made after examining information, facts, details, and evidence.

Identify

The first step in making conclusions: finding the important information.

Examine

The second step in making conclusions: looking carefully at the evidence.

Connect

The third step in making conclusions: relating the pieces of information.

Reason

The fourth step in making conclusions: using logical thinking.

Conclude

The fifth step in making conclusions: making your final judgment.