Academic Vocabulary

Examine in order to identify and understand differences between two or more things

• Compare

• Contrast

• Identify

• Explain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The author's most important idea/reason for creating a written work

• Support

• Story

• Details

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Noting individual features or characteristics

• Develop

• Compare

• Identify

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The plot or ordered events in a novel, poem, drama, etc.

• Demonstrate

• Story

• Details

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To tell or show with written or spoken words; point out facts or details

• Support

• Develop

• Describe

• Compare

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Examine in order to note likenesses between two things

• Support

• Compare

• Contrast

• Explain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When readers think about things that are not stated exactly in the text. To "read between the lines."

• Critique

• Predict

• Summarize

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When readers use what they already know and what has happened so far in the text to think about what might happen next.

• Predict

• Infer

• Synthesize

• Analyze

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When readers retell the most important parts of a story.

• Summarize

• Synthesize

• Analyze

• Critique

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

When readers use their background knowledge to help in learning new information from the text.

• Infer

• Summarize

• Make Connections

• Synthesize

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D