Ethiopia Grade 8 Amharic: supplementary language foundations flashcards
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- Main idea
- The central point developed by a passage, which must be distinguished from an isolated example or an unrelated background fact.
- Reference
- A relationship connecting an expression with a participant or earlier idea, requiring identification of its actual antecedent in context.
- Inference
- A conclusion supported by the supplied passage rather than an invented motive, date or event absent from its wording.
- Sequence
- The order of events or steps expressed in a text, which should remain intact when the account is summarized.
- Qualification
- Wording that limits a claim’s scope or certainty, such as some rather than all or possible rather than guaranteed.
- Contextual meaning
- The sense an expression contributes in a particular sentence, rather than every possible dictionary meaning considered without context.
- Synonym
- A word with overlapping meaning in a particular use, whose register and grammatical fit still require careful consideration.
- Antonym
- An expression opposing the particular meaning under discussion, not necessarily a single universal opposite for every use of a word.
- Idiom
- An established expression whose intended meaning cannot always be recovered by simply adding its components’ literal meanings.
- Proverb
- A conventional saying used to express an observation or lesson, whose relevance should be interpreted through the actual situation.
- Subject
- A grammatical participant related to the predicate within a construction, identifiable through the complete sentence rather than a position guess.
- Pronoun
- An expression referring to a participant or other referent, whose interpretation depends on grammatical features and discourse context.
- Adverbial manner
- Information describing how an action is carried out, distinguishable from the participant performing it or the object involved.
- Negation
- A grammatical expression denying or reversing a proposition within a particular scope, which must be preserved during interpretation.
- Morphology
- The study of word structure and forms, including meaningful elements whose functions depend on the language and actual construction.
- Topic sentence
- A sentence introducing or expressing a paragraph’s central point, which supporting details should develop rather than contradict.
- Revision
- Review of a draft’s relevance, organization, evidence and language, extending beyond correction of isolated spelling mistakes alone.
- Character
- A represented participant in a narrative, who should not automatically be identified with the historical author’s personal views.
- Setting
- The time and place of a narrative’s action, distinguished from its theme, main participant or sequence of events.
- Theme
- An underlying idea developed through a work, requiring support from its particular events, images or language rather than guesswork.