Academic Vocabulary

What is the main idea of this section?

• one of the parts that form something

• the action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

• dictionary

• to read something

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The author wrote this selection mostly to give information.

• the main idea of a story

• the moral of a story

• a piece of literature that you or someone else has chosen for you to read

• vanilla ice cream

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CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

You must follow the sequence of the steps in order to make it correctly.

• compare and contrast

• conflict

• the order in which things should happen

• problem and solution

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CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

What is the similarity between the two passages?

• a quality that makes one person or thing like another

• differences

• contrast

• chronological order

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The fact stated in the paragraph is important because it suggests that dogs can be good pets.

• an order

• list of vocabulary words at the back of a book

• sheer determination

• to show that something is likely or true

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CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

Which line from the play supports the idea that the character is proud?

• to show evidence for something or help show it is true

• concrete pillars

• to define a word

• temporary, short lived

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Reading the story carefully helps the reader have a deeper understanding.

• solid

• not budging

• to argue; debate

• knowledge about a particular situation

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CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Use the context in the paragraph to figure out the unknown world.

• a book

• a story

• words that are used in a sentence or phrase to help figure out another word's meaning

• permanent; forever

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CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

Compare and contrast the events that happened in both stories.

• look at two things carefully to see how they are different

• look at two things carefully to see how they are different

• a problem and a solution

• cause and effect

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CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

How does that event contribute to the plot? (a)  

• to give or help
• an understanding of events
• distract from the plot
• rising action in a story