Academic Vocabulary

Determine

• make

•  clearly stated

• To figure out

• To breakdown

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Explicitly

• clearly stated

• a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action

• to hold up; reinforce

• To breakdown

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Cite

• a narrative account, either real or fictitious, told in prose

•  where the story takes place  

• something that happens, an activity or occasion 

• a reference from a text brought forward as a support (more useful when it includes the line number, page number, paragraph number, and/or author – especially when reading more than one text on the same topic or theme)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Inferences

• a particular fact or piece of information about something or someone

• a logical assumption based on observed facts from the text and one’s own prior knowledge and/or experience 

•  personal contact with a fact or event or an observation of a fact or event

• awareness gained before personal contact with a fact, event, or observation 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Theme

• a narrative account, either real or fictitious, told in prose

•  recognize and name 

•  unifying or dominant idea 

•  a brief statement that contains the essential ideas of a longer passage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Central Idea

• a narrative account, either real or fictitious, told in prose

• a brief statement that contains the essential ideas of a longer passage

• the conclusion of the conflict

•  the thought, concept, notion, or impression that is of greatest importance in the text or potion of the text, it may be implied or explicitly stated 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

textual evidence

• facts or information used as support for whether a belief or proposition is true or valid 

• a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome

• able to perform a specified action well and powerfully

• written with great care and completeness 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Support

•  able to perform a specified action well and powerfully 

• to hold up; reinforce

• make

• the largest subdivision of a play 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Idea

• make

• a particular fact or piece of information about something or someone

• a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action

• the individual who relates or tells the story 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Analyze

• a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome

• able to perform a specified action well and powerfully 

• the act of breaking into smaller components for the purpose of study or examination

• written with great care and completeness 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D