LA Exams Vocabulary

To reword written or spoken text using words that help you clarify and understand the text.

• Paraphrase

• Commentary

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To create a statement of the main ideas or essential information in the text.

• Point of view

• Summarize

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Perspective from which the story or text is told (1^st person- I, me, my; 2^nd person- you; 3^rd person- he, she, they)

• Thesis Statement

• Commentary

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Writing that explains, defines, clarifies, or gives information about a topic.

• writing

• explanatory/ supporting details

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph (Often the first sentence of a body paragraph)

• Conclusion

• Intro

• Topic Sentence

• Ending Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The writer’s opinions and explanations of the details/evidence

• Commentary

• Opinion

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Examples and facts that support the topic sentence

• Examples

• Evidence AND tone

• Evidence AND supporting details

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The first sentence of the introduction

that grabs peoples attention making them want to read on.

• Intro

• Hook

• Decline

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The last sentence in the introduction of an essay that states the writer’s position/claim and main idea

• Point of view

• Argument

• Thesis Statement

• Statement

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong

• Discussion

• Argument

• Hook

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D