CAASPP Academic Vocabulary Challenge

Inference

• Collected data, and clues collected from observations made.

• logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

• the writer's reason for writing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Quotation

• to repeat a passage or phrase from a novel, article, or speech for authority, illustration, or credibility

• A restatement of a text or passage in other words.

• to figure something out and wrap it up.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Summarize

• A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.

• A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.

• Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Evidence

• The most important point the author makes

• Collected data, and clues collected from observations made.

• to speak against; to say the opposite

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Conclude

• The most important point the author makes

• Collected data, and clues collected from observations made.

• to figure something out and wrap it up.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Structure

• The arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work.

• An essay, which attempts to convince the reader of the truth of a premise by means of logic and other forms of persuasion.

• Writing meant to increase knowledge that is factual, unbiased information based on research

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Conclusion

• A summary that states if your hypothesis was correct or incorrect and what the investigation showed, based on observations and data. .

• A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.

• Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Author's Purpose

• The most important point the author makes

• the writer's reason for writing.

• logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Analysis

• Observe, look and break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure.

• careful examination and evaluation of the details in the text. The writer provides commentary. The writer may answer these questions: What is the significance of each detail? What affect does each detail create? How do the details shape the reader's response?

• A restatement of a text or passage in other words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Argumentative essay

• may use either the first- or the third-person point of view to relate a true story in a short composition works of narrative nonfiction tell a story, they have many characteristics of fiction

• An essay, which attempts to convince the reader of the truth of a premise by means of logic and other forms of persuasion.

• Writing meant to increase knowledge that is factual, unbiased information based on research