Checkpoint 2: ELA Vocabulary

to study or examine something very carefully

• claim

• analyze

• annotate

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

short explanation of the central ideas of a text

• connotation

• central idea

• summary

• authors perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a summary that does not include personal opinions or biases

• central idea

• objective

• subjective

• argument

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The main focus of a text

• evidence

• elaborate

• anecdote

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

add details to something: explain more fully

• elaborate

• connotation

• denotation

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a short story about the topic

• cite

• trace

• anecdote

• summary

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

an author's reason or intent for writing

• author's perspective

• author's purpose

• claim

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

feelings, implications, opinions of a word

• connotation

• denotation

• evidence

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

author's feelings towards a topic

• objective

• author's purpose

• author's perspective

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

series of events that make up a story

• imagery

• claim

• reasons

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D