Unit 2 Key Terms Georgia Milestones 8th Grade ELA

passages that explain or inform . (RI)

• informational

  texts

• inference

• objective summary

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage.

By contrast, an explicit idea or message is fully stated or revealed by the author . The author tells the reader exactly what he or she needs to know . (RI1)

• inference

• central idea

• distinction

• technical

  meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage .

Also known as the main idea . (RI2)

• central

  idea

• distinctions

• objective

  summary

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

an overview of a passage .

It captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions . (RI2)

• objective

  summary

• technical

  meaning

• author's purpose

• counterclaim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

a statement that can be proven

• fact

• opinion

• evidence

• relative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

is a statement that cannot be proven, as it states an author’s belief or judgment about something .

• fact

• opinion

• distinction

• text feature

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

the act of noticing differences or contrasts between similar things or people . (RI3)

• distinction

• analogy

• sound

• relevant

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a comparison between two things that helps to express the relationship or connection between the things.

For example, Looking for my favorite pencil in my backpack is like searching for a needle in a haystack . (RI3, RI4)

• analogy

• evidence

• counterclaim

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

refers to the symbolic meaning of words or phrases and uses figurative language such as personification, metaphor, hyperbole, or idioms (RI4)

• figurative meaning

• denotative meaning

• technical meaning

• bias

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word

• connotative

  meaning

• denotative

  meaning

• distinction

• fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4