Testing Vocabulary ELA

a spoken or written account of connected events - a story

• argument

• narrative

• informative essay

• persuasive essay

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a part selected from a larger piece of literature

• passage

• excerpt

• both passage and excerpt 

• neither passage nor excerpt

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

evidence from a text that is used to illustrate your ideas and support your arguments

• perspective

• counterargument

• claim 

• textual support

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to mention, quote, or give credit to an author 

• multiple sources

• cite a source

• a publisher

• express an idea

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

“I admire the way you have worked so hard throughout your life.” Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

antecedent 

• I, he, her, them

• adverb

• adjective 

•  a word for which a pronoun stands

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

an argument (point/reason/view/evidence) that your opponent would make

• rebuttal 

• counterargument 

• position

• claim

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when you respond directly to your opponent's argument to show that they are wrong

• statement

• express

• evidence

• rebuttal

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

where an author stands on an issue

• cite

• fact

• opinion

• position

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D