SBAC Vocabulary

What does compare mean?

• To find out the differences between two or more things.
• To find out the similarities between two or more things.
• To form a final opinion.
• The beginning of an essay.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What does contrast mean?

• To find out the similarities between two or more things.
• To find out the differences between two or more things.
• To form an opinion
• arguing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What does demonstrate mean?

• To show what you know and give evidence to explain.
• To give your final opinion
• The beginning of your essay
• The body of a paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What does explain mean?

• To provide reasons and examples for why you think a certain way.
• To speak in front of an audience.
• The final opinion formed after a reading.
• The beginning of an essay.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What does infer mean?

• When you form an opinion based on what you have read.
• To argue with a neighbor.
• To persuade someone.
• To begin the essay.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What does introduction mean?

• The beginning portion of the reading.
• An opinion given after you have read.
• A detail
• A fact

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a main idea?

• The most important idea in the reading passage.
• The first idea in the reading passage.
• The details.
• Just opinions.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What does source mean?

• Where you find information from and where a reading passage gets facts.
• The last opinion given at the end of a passage.
• Reading comprehension questions.
• Providing reasons.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A phrase is...

• a group of words that stand together as a unit

• a sentence with a subject and a verb

• a complete thought

What is the definition of affect?

• to finish something

• to make or create change

• to prove someone is right