AIR Vocabulary

to prove a statement/theory to be wrong.

• obscure

• to justify

• to refute

• to debilitate

to strongly suggest

• convey
• conclude
• reveal
• imply

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to explain by using an example

• illustrate
• imply
• portray
• organize

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

(n.) a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; (v.) to take such a a passage; to quote

• incident
• role
• excerpt
• primary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When you steal the words or ideas from another person without giving them credit

• paraphrasing
• cheating
• texting
• plagiarizing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing
• writing
• cheating
• paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is "sensory language"?

• language that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image or description.
• language that has been censored (censorship)
• language that is not very descriptive
• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to speak against; to say opposite

• diction
• contradict
• predict
• edict

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

stress the importance of something

• evidence
• appeal
• emphasize
• excerpt 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

The _________ are like paragraphs in a poem. 

• stanzas
• lines
• rhyme scheme
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5