AIR Test Vocabulary

The key points made in a text, the main idea

• Central Idea

• Details

• First Person

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea

• Essay

• Details

• cite

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Facts, statements, or physical signs that prove something

• Compare

• Central Idea

• Evidence

• Analyze

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A belief or feeling about something not based on fact

• describe

• Analyze

• Identify

• Opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Telling the main points briefly; to tell the main points in a short, simple, and clear way

• details

• affect

• phrase

• summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

To make clear or plain for someone to understand

• Explain

• Describe

• Select

• prompt

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

To examine 2 or more items in order to note what is the same and different

• interpret

• convince

• compare

• argue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

to give or provide the meaning for an unclear concept

• contrast

• setting

• theme

• interpret

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The central message, what the author wants you to know; often inferred by the reader

• summarize

• plot

• details

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Words not having their literal meaning, used for dramatic effect

• Quote

• Refer

• Figurative Language

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D