ELA Assessment Vocabulary

To draw a conclusion based on evidence

• affect

• describe

• Inference

• impact

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.9A

Thesis or controlling idea is also known as

• Central Idea/ Claim

• Details

• Approach

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A way of looking at things, the author's attitude

• excerpt

• point of view

• perspective

• relevant

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

A mental position from which things are perceived

• author's intent

• distracting sentence

• tone

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The message or lesson of a text

• theme

• conclusion

• approach

• counterargument

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

How the author writes (word choice)

• tone

• dialogue

• author's style

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to influence

• affect

• impact

• analyze

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A passage taken from a book, not the entire text

• distracting sentence

• tone

• excerpt

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

A sentence that interrupts the flow of a text; does not belong there

• evidence

• inference

• relevant

• distracting sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

Important and related to the topic

• affect

• relevant

• theme

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2