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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

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.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

“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.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.L.9-10.6

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.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

where an author stands on an issue

• cite

• fact

• opinion

• position

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D