Unit 2 - 8th Grade - Key Terms and Definitions

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Analyze

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To critically examine the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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Event

Back

A thing that happens; an occurrence.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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Text

Back

Anything that students can read, write, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

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Evidence

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Facts and/or information (quotes, statistics, graphs, etc.) presented together as a body of support for a claim or value statement.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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Point of View

Back

A narrator’s, writer’s, or speaker’s position with regard to the events of a narrative; one’s stance on events or information given his/her orientation (physically and/or mentally) to the events or information; the vantage point from which one relates the events of a story or makes an argument.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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Purpose

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The reason for a particular action or creation; the reason for which something exists (e.g., to persuade, to inform, to express, and/or entertain).

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

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Respond

Back

To say, show, and/or act in response to a prompt which may be a question, an action or event, a claim, or counterclaim, etc.

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Argument

Back

Value statement(s) supported by evidence whose purpose is to persuade or explain.

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Claim(s)

Back

An assertion(s) of the truth of something, often a value statement; generally, an author uses evidence to support the assertion of truth.

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Delineate

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To describe something precisely.

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D