8th STAAR VOCAB

assertion​

• a declaration that is made emphatically
• describe or portray the qualities
• find out or learn with certainty, as by making an

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

characterize​

• describe or portray the qualities
• to offer advice or an idea
• to describe in a particular way

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

conclude​ ​ ​

• decide by reasoning
• to offer advice or an idea
• the importance of something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

determine​

• find out or learn with certainty, as by making an
• a passage selected from a larger work
• give evidence of

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

demonstrate​

• show the validity of something
• a conversation between people
• in an order

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

excerpt​ ​

• a passage selected from a larger work
• a declaration that is made emphatically
• something important

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

imply​

• express or state indirectly
• show the validity of something
• something important

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

selection​

• a passage selected from a larger work
• to convey in words
• bestow a quality on

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

illustrate​

• make clear or understandable by giving an example
• a passage selected from a larger work
• something important

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

indicate​

• give evidence of
• a passage selected from a larger work
• examine in detail

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4