ELA II EOC Test Vocab pt 1

Explain / Warrant

• To make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas.

• To confuse or mislead someone about a topic.

• To summarize information in a brief manner.

• To provide a personal opinion without evidence.

Explicit

• Indirectly implied.

• Directly stated.

• Vaguely suggested.

• Clearly inferred.

Counterclaim

• Statements that support a claim.

• Arguable statements intended to dispute other claims.

• Unquestionable facts that reinforce a claim.

• General opinions that lack evidence.

Argument

• A type of oral or written communication that develops or debates a topic in a logical or persuasive way.

• A method of presenting data without any logical reasoning.

• A form of entertainment that involves storytelling.

• A technique used in mathematics to solve equations.

Evidence / Data

• Facts, figures, details, quotations, or other sources of data and information that provide support for claims or an analysis of the text and that can be evaluated by others.

• Personal opinions and beliefs that are not supported by facts.

• A collection of random thoughts and ideas without any structure.

• Imaginary scenarios that illustrate a point without factual basis.

Evaluate

• To make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text based on criteria and standards.

• To summarize the main points of a text without personal opinion.

• To analyze the grammatical structure of a text.

• To compare and contrast different texts without making judgments.

Author's Purpose

• The motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain, inform, or persuade.

• The main character's journey in a story.

• The setting and time period of a narrative.

• The emotional response of the reader to a text.

Describe

• To convey the appearance, nature, and/or attributes of elements or ideas in literary or informational text using vivid language and textual evidence.

• To summarize the main points of a text in a concise manner.

• To analyze the underlying themes and messages in a piece of literature.

• To critique the effectiveness of an author's writing style and techniques.

Analyze

• To summarize the main ideas of a text.

• To break material down into its constituent parts and determine how the parts relate to one another and to the overall structure or purpose of the text(s).

• To evaluate the effectiveness of a text's argument.

• To compare and contrast different texts.

Claim

• A statement that is universally accepted as true.

• An arguable statement.

• A fact that cannot be disputed.

• A question that requires an answer.