Testing Vocabulary

Summarizing can best be defined as

• Retelling the same thing using different words

• Reading between the lines to get to the point

• Providing the main idea in 10 words or less

• Providing the most important text evidence in your response

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the reason the author is writing something

• topic

• account

• genre

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

to present something

• claim

• introduce

• account

• convey

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a conclusion that is reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• claim

• common sense

• inference

• evaluation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

to make known

• illustrate

• convey

• claim

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

to portray

• depict

• illustrate

• convey

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

shows

• claim

• depict

• account

• illustrates

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

a report or description of an event

• depict

• claim

• account

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the writer's position on an event, problem or issue

• inference

• author's purpose

• evaluate

• claim

to judge

• convey

• evaluate

• illustrate

• emphasize

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D