Lessons 9-12 Vocabulary Practice

an important message or lesson about people or life that an author wants to share

• central message or theme

• central idea

• main idea

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

the act of reaching a conclusion about an idea or event based on text clues and background knowledge

• solution

• infer

• evidence

• summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

a type of poem that uses language in unusual ways to express thoughts and feelings about something

• problem

• theme

• lyric poem

• details

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

the act of briefly retelling story details and events in your own words

• problem

• solution

• summarize (verb)

• summary (noun)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

the story events, including the problem and its solution (storyline)

• problem

• solution

• events

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

a challenge that the main character or characters face

• solution

• problem

• theme

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

the answer to a problem or the way the main characters resolve the conflict at the center of a story

• examples

• solution

• problem

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

a reasonable guess based on details in the text and what you already know (something you come up with after you infer)

• evidence

• inference

• examples

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

facts, examples, and other pieces of information directly stated in a text

• infer

• details

• examples

• facts

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

information used to support a claim, point, or an idea (the judge in a courtroom needs this in order to support his final verdict of guilty or not guilty.)

• solution

• inference

• details

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D