7th grade words to know

the original person or place from which information comes from

• primary source

• secondary source

• inference

• context clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the tendency to favor one side too much; prejudice

• bandwagon

• motive

• bias

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a smooth, easy flow of words in reading

• idiom

• paraphrase

• comprehension

• fluency

the reason an author writes a text

• author's viewpoint

• author's purpose

• drama

• convey

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the person who wrote the play/drama

• poet

• author

• playwright

• director

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

to join what appears to be the winning side or successful movement

• bias

• bandwagon

• motive

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

the words directly before or after the word you are trying to define

• main idea

• fluency

• context clues

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

prediction based on events from the reading

• context clues

• convey

• inference

• motive

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

a break in the series of events to introduce some earlier event of a scene

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• convey

• motive

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

to say the opposite; to disagree

• convey

• bias

• bandwagon

• contradict

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5