ELPAC Vocabulary Prep 2020

Choose the sentence with the incorrect use of the word claim.

• Create a claim defending your position on whether or not your school should include study hall as a required class.

• Your claim should answer the essay prompt and include at least two supporting reasons.

• Is Florence's claim supported with logical reasons and facts?

• I went to a restaurant and ordered a couple of claims.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Choose the sentence with the incorrect use of the word choice.

• I choice a meeting with the principal.

• Select your answer from the following choices.

• You have a choice: either stay behind or come with us.

• My choice is to have steak for dinner tonight.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the sentence with the incorrect use of the word effective.

• Treating others with respect and kindness is an effective way to make long-lasting friendships.

• An effective knife is blunt and cannot cut anything.

• In an essay, an effective claim answers the prompt.

• An effective leader knows how to gain the trust of his/her followers.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Choose the sentence with the incorrect use of the word example.

• Good examples help make an argument stronger.

• A chicken is an example of a type of bird.

• An example is the end of a novel.

• A seventh grader is an example of a middle school student.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Choose the sentence with the incorrect use of the word opinion.

• An opinion develops when you judge a person, object, or situation.

• Preferring cats to dogs is a matter of opinion.

• An opinion is the same thing as a fact.

• When you argue, it is important to both defend your opinion and listen to what others have to say.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Choose the sentence with the incorrect use of the word justify.

• When you justify your actions, you don't explain why you did what you did.

• When you justify your claim, you prove why people should listen to your opinion.

• When you justify your actions, you explain the reasons behind your actions.

• In a class debate, you have to justify your claim with reasons and evidence.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Select the incorrect use of the word detail.

• A detail supports the main idea of a text.

• Details help bring a story and characters to life.

• A detail is the most important idea in a text.

• Details help form parts of a larger story or idea.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Select the incorrect use of the word main.

• A main idea is supported by details.

• The main character in a story is called the protagonist.

• The main idea of an article is the most important part.

• A main idea is less important than a detail.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Select the incorrect use of the word reason

• Use logical reasons to support the claim you make in your response.

• Three reasons I believe we should have pizza for dinner are that we have nothing in the fridge, we all love pizza, and it is already 6pm.

• I reason that dinner is already on the dining room table.

• What is your reason for leaving your dirty socks by the front door every morning?

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Select the incorrect use of the word support

• Their claims are not supported by the evidence.

• I cannot support his awful temper!

• Let me be your emotional support during these tough times.

• Please support your answer with clear reasons and evidence from the text.

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CCSS.L.5.5C