CAASPP Vocabulary

Setting

• To find value or judge

• Where and when the story is happening

• To find or put out

Identify

• The reason for which something is done

• To find and point out

• Helps prove the point

Trace

• To outline or follow the course

• The reason for which something is done

• To put into different words

Plot

• To mention

• The reason for which something is done

• The sequences of events in a play, story, or novel. Five basic elements include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Determine

• To decide

• The reason for which something is done

• The life message of the story

Mood

• The feeling created in a story

• Closely connected

• To mention

Summarize

• The reason for which something is done

• To retell the main parts or ideas from a text in your own words.

• To find out what is happening

Support

• Helps prove your point or claim

• To find and point out

• The reason for which something is done

Analyze

• break something down into parts

• to mention

• to find and point out

Relevant

• a position a writer takes on an issue or problem

• The person who is telling the story

• Closely connected