Pre Assessment_RICAS Prep Secondary - Critical Nouns (and a few others)

To use words that start with the same sound, like "Silly Sally sells seashells by the seashore".

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• tone

to compare two things to help explain something. It's like trying to explain what a word means by comparing it to another word that you already know.

• classify

• evidence

• alliteration

• analogy

A time when people have different opinions.

• explicit
• argument
• connections
• point of view

the most important message or main point that the author wants you to understand after reading a text or a story. It's like the big idea that ties everything together.

• tone

• central idea

• mood

• classify

to group things together based on their similarities or differences. It's like putting things into different categories or sorting them out.

• classify/categorize

• recognize

• evidence

• conclusions

like the final answer or decision you come up with after thinking and figuring things out. It's like the end of a story or the solution to a problem.

• conclusion

• metaphor

• explicit

• analogy

The relationships between two or more things.

• illustration
• simile
• connections
• metaphor

using words or phrases that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition and have different feelings or associations attached to them. It's like saying "she's as sweet as an angel" instead of just saying "she's nice."

• figurative language

• connotative language

• central idea

• point of view

the small and specific parts of something that help to make it unique or specific. They can add important information and can help us understand things better.

• connections

• details

• conclusions

• recount

something that helps prove or disprove a statement, claim, or event. It can be in the form of information, data, facts, or objects that support or go against a certain idea or argument. It's like having clues that help you figure out what really happened or what the truth is.

• evidence

• details

• theme

• mood