NJSLA Critical Nouns (& some verbs)

Alliteration

• words in a row with the same initial consonant sound

• a similarity between like features of two things

• summing up an argument or text

• figures of speech used to make meaning clearer

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Analogy

• A similarity between like features of two things

• A reason or set of reasons that something is true

• Most important point the author makes

• Isolated facts that support ideas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Argument

• A reason or set of reasons that something is true

• the association that a word brings to mind

• Figures of speech used to make meaning clearer

• A unified idea

Central idea

• Most important point the author makes

• Knowledge on which to base a belief

• Figures of speech used to make meaning clearer

• An indirect comparison

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Conclusions

• Summing up an argument or text

• Organization of a text

• A unified idea

• The author's attitude or outlook

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Connections

• Relating to what you read to something else you know

• The association that a word brings to mind

• Isolated facts that support ideas

• A unified idea

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Connotative Language

• The association that a word brings to mind

• A direct comparison using like or as

• A poetry term(s) for paragraph; a section of a poem

• The art of writing or speaking effectively

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Details

• Isolated facts that support ideas

• An indirect comparison

• A unified idea

• The way an author makes a reader feel

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Evidence

• Knowledge on which to base a belief

• Figures of speech used to make meaning clearer

• A mutual or reciprocal action

• Visual material used to clarify or add to a text

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

Figurative language

• Figures of speech used to make meaning clearer

• Visual material used to clarify or add to a text

• Most important point the author makes

• A reason or set of reasons that something is true

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6