Academic Vocabulary Words

controlling idea

• the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic

• makes the reader ask a question that will be answered by reading more or helps the reader understand the author’s purpose for writing the paragraph or essay

• a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

graphic features

• text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience

• an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• picture or other image within a text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

informational text

• text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience 

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc

• an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

key ideas

• an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

organizational patterns

• the pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• a credible or believable source

• a source that is a step removed from the original accounts of an event or experience

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

paraphrase

• picture or other image within a text

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• restate the meaning of something in different words

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

summarize

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea

• restate the meaning of something in different words

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

synthesize

• an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

text structure

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning

• the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

text/print feature

• any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning

• picture or other image within a text

• text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C