TDA Vocabulary

detailed and specific examination of the elements of something; to examine deeply

• accurate

• paraphrase

• develop

• analysis

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

to quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement

• paraphrase

• develop

• cite

• topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does text-dependent mean?

• to look closely at something

• to make something clear

• to look for details

• to answer a question using evidence from the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does illustrate mean?

• to look closely at the text

• to make something more clear

• to say something again

• facts or details

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "mediocre" mean?

• Outstanding

• Terrible

• Average, not very good

• Excellent

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word is a synonym for "forthcoming"?

• Impending

• Obscure

• Austere

• Scorched

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Using context clues, if a character in a story is described as "scrappy," they are likely:

• Well-dressed and polite

• Fearful and timid

• Spirited and determined

• Lazy and uninterested

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an "exaggeration"?

• Telling the truth

• Making something seem smaller than it is

• Making something seem bigger or more important than it is

• Forgetting details about something

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which word means "lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements"?

• Bleak

• Exuberant

• Charismatic

• Guileless

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does the word "stern" mean?

• Very soft and gentle

• The front part of a boat

• Serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline

• A type of bird

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C