Vocabulary Multiple Choice Quiz 8th grade AIR

to examine something carefully and with focus

• Apply

• Argument

• Analyze

• Cite

to connect something you know or can do to another situation

• Apply

• Compare

• Clarify

• Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

right or correct in a particular situation or context

• Plagiarize

• Appropriate

• Paraphrase

• Relevant

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

an idea supported by evidence or reasoning

• Passage

• Counterclaim

• Argument

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To evaluate or judge the value of something.

• Assess

• Synthesize

• Summarize

• Rank

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The people who will read or listen to a text or speech.

• Source

• Audience

• Phrase

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to mention or quote as an example to support an idea, claim, or opinion

• Cite

• Compare

• Develop

• Compose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to state a position that may go against the positions of others stand

• Claim

• Closure

• Critique

• Design

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To make something easier to understand.

• Assess

• Clarify

• Evaluate

• Define

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The conclusion or resolution of an idea or story.

• Critique

• Passage

• Closure

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3