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44 Assessment Guide for Educators: Social Studies 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 one that prevents unprejudiced consideration Causation: a connection between two events or sets of circumstances whereby one produces or brings about the other; that is, one is the cause and the other its effect Character (do not substitute people, figure): a person represented in a story or other literary work (for our purposes, characters are often fictional) Claim (do not substitute stance, argument author’s purpose, author’s point of view, hypothesis, position, perspective): an assertion of something as fact Conclusion/conclude (do not substitute 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 (do not substitute literal (denotative) meaning, figurative meaning, symbolic meaning): an association or idea suggested by a word; implicated meaning Correlation: a relationship or connection between two or more events or sets of circumstances Create (do not substitute apply, analyze, synthesize): to originate or invent (e.g., an original line of reasoning) Data (do not substitute information): individual facts, statistics, or pieces of information (can be qualitative or quantitative). See information for disambiguation. Detail (do not substitute idea): a small part that can be considered individually Evaluate: (do not substitute interpret, infer, summarize, analyze): to make a judgment about the significance, worth, validity or quality of something