ELA 6th Grade Vocabulary Practice (Standards RL 6.1 - RL 6.5)

What is to quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are words from the story, passage, or account?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

If you are saying something in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt, you are saying something how? 

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

What word is a synonym for speculating, theorizing, hypothesizing, presuming, or guessing?

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is the most important idea in a text, or what the text is mainly about?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What is a meaning that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal definition? The (BLANK) may be positive or negative and is used to show how the author feels about the topic (tone).

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is a literary device that reflects the writer's attitude toward the subject matter? It is the author’s attitude toward a topic.

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an obvious difference between two or more things?

(How things are different)

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In literature, this is a statement that asserts something to be true. This can be either factual or a judgment. They can work on their own or in conjunction with "others" to form a larger argument.

Or, the position being taken in the argument – the thesis.

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3