8th Grade ELA Vocab.

The most important thing the author says about a topic

• Theme
• Central Idea
• Inference
• Text Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

A collection of things or ideas that have things in common.

• Category
• Inference
• Analogy
• Summary

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A way of explaining or describing something by pointing out a feature it has in common with something else

• Analogy
• Category
• Inference
• Bureau

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Information used to support an opinion or belief- can be used to support an inference.

• Evidence
• Summary
• Detail
• Text

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Making notes while reading

• Annotate
• Highlight
• Underline
• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What you know + what you read=
A reasonable guess

• Summary
• Evidence
• Central Idea
• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Without personal feelings or judgments

• Subjective
• Objective
• Summary
• Informational Text

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A brief recount of the text including the central idea and most important supporting details

• Outline
• Summary
• Cornell Notes
• Objective

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

To shape, or create

• combine
• develop
• analyze
• support

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

To break apart; dig deep in a text

• summarize
• analyze
• read
• write

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C