Go Time! Academic Vocabulary

What does the word "analyze" mean in the following sentence? 
Analyze the passage to determine which text structure the author used.

• Read the passage to understand it
• Look at, or examine, the passage to see how it is written
• Figure out what the passage is saying
• Reread the passage to double check what is means

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

What does it mean when a question asks you to "cite" the text?

• Answer the question being asked.
• Refer to the text when answering the question.
• Refer to the text when answering the question AND name the author of the text being used.
• Write your answer in your own words.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

If you are asked to create a "document" you are being asked to make:

• A chart or graph
• A story about you
• An art project
• A piece of writing that provides information

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Sequence of events in a story, in order

• theme
• plot
• conflict
• character

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Logical conclusion based on the reader's background knowledge and text clues

• Personification
• Symbolism
• Inference
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain, describe.

• Alliteration
• 1st Person point of view
• Author's Purpose
• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What makes something happen

• Compare
• Contrast
• Cause
• Effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Words that may not literally mean what they say

• figurative language
• alliteration
• anecdote
• denotative meaning

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person point of view
• biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D