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62 Assessment Guide for Educators: RLA Appendix D Author’s purpose/intent (do not substitute meaning, summary, author’s point of view, perspective): the reason an author composes a text or other document (e.g., to convince an audience to use reusable bags rather than paper, to explain Lincoln’s stance on abolition of slavery) Bias (do not substitute propaganda, author’s credibility): a particular tendency (of an author or a group), especially ones that prevents unprejudiced consideration Character (not to be interchanged with people, figure): a person represented in a story or other literary work (for our purposes, characters are often fictional) Claim (not to be interchanged with stance, argument author’s purpose, author’s point of view, hypothesis, position, perspective): an assertion of something as fact Conclusion/conclude (not to be interchanged with generalization, hypothesis, inference, application, summarize, predict): a statement that follows logically from another or others in an argument (note: arguments may be text-based, mathematical, scientific, etc.) Connotative meaning (not to be interchanged with literal (denotative) meaning, figurative meaning, symbolic meaning): an association or idea suggested by a word; implicated meaning Create (not to be interchanged with apply, analyze, synthesize): to originate or invent (e.g., an original line of reasoning) Data (not to be interchanged with information): individual facts, statistics or pieces of information (can be qualitative or quantitative). See information for disambiguation. Detail (not to be interchanged with idea): a small part than can be considered individually Evaluate: (not to be interchanged with interpret, infer, summarize, analyze): to make a judgment about the significance, worth, validity or quality of something. Evidence (not to be interchanged with detail, reasoning): that which tends to prove or disprove something; grounds for belief Expression: setting forth in words; syntax, intonation, etc.