PSSA vocab practice

To examine something carefully and with focus

• analyze

• clarify

• compose

• design

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

To connect something you know or can do to another situation

• apply

• text

• relevant

• precise

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Right or correct in a particular situation or context

• appropriate

• audience

• claim

• formulate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

An idea supported by evidence or reasoning

• argument

• contrast

• critique

• justify

To make a judgement about

• assess

• critique

• interpret

• phrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Those who receive information or a message

• audience

• source

• summarize

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

To mention or quote as an example to support an idea, claim, or opinion

• cite

• source

• plagiarism

• delineate

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

To state a position that may go against the positions of others

• claim

• design

• essay

• interpret

to make something easier to understand

• clarify

• develop

• precise

• reason

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

The act of bringing something to an end or reaching a conclusion

• closure

• specific

• support

• text

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5