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The Critical Vocabulary of the Common Core

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

break something down into its parts

a)

infer

b)

analyze

c)

identify

d)

compare

2.

express clearly

a)

articulate

b)

compare

c)

comprehend

d)

delineate

3.

quote

a)

integrate

b)

organize

c)

paraphrase

d)

cite

4.

find likeness

a)

compare

b)

contrast

c)

trace

d)

explain

5.

understand; find meaning

a)

retell

b)

suggest

c)

comprehend

d)

synthesize

6.

find differences

a)

demonstrate

b)

infer

c)

compare

d)

contrast

7.

describe in detail

a)

distinguish

b)

draw

c)

evaluate

d)

delineate

8.

show clearly

a)

demonstrate

b)

locate

c)

summarize

d)

evaluate

9.

tell the facts, details

a)

develop

b)

describe

c)

support

d)

suggest

10.

decide

a)

locate

b)

interpret

c)

determine

d)

refer

11.

elaborate or expand

a)

develop

b)

alliteration

c)

explain

d)

describe

12.

set apart

a)

compare

b)

synthesize

c)

distinguish

d)

articulate

13.

take or pull out

a)

cite

b)

trace

c)

compare

d)

draw

14.

find value; judge

a)

evaluate

b)

explain

c)

describe

d)

locate

15.

make plain or define

a)

comprehend

b)

explain

c)

integrate

d)

interpret

16.

find; point out

a)

identify

b)

explain

c)

describe

d)

locate

17.

deduce; conclude

a)

comprehend

b)

infer

c)

refer

d)

retell

18.

put together

a)

contrast

b)

comprehend

c)

integrate

d)

organize

19.

explain the meaning of

a)

interpret

b)

trace

c)

summarize

d)

describe

20.

find

a)

cite

b)

demonstrate

c)

support

d)

locate

21.

arrange; classify

a)

support

b)

trace

c)

locate

d)

organize

22.

mention

a)

identify

b)

demonstrate

c)

refer

d)

suggest

23.

tell in your own words

a)

retell

b)

infer

c)

identify

d)

analyze

24.

put forth; to say

a)

support

b)

articulate

c)

retell

d)

suggest

25.

sum up

a)

trace

b)

summarize

c)

retell

d)

refer

26.

hold up

a)

cite

b)

support

c)

demonstrate

d)

determine

27.

combine to form a more complex product

a)

delineate

b)

compare

c)

contrast

d)

synthesize

28.

outline; follow the course of

a)

draw

b)

trace

c)

locate

d)

retell

29.

words in a row with the same initial consonant sound

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

argument

d)

details

30.

a similarity between like features of two things

a)

alliteration

b)

analogy

c)

argument

d)

central idea

31.

a reason or set of reasons that something is true

a)

argument

b)

mood

c)

point of view

d)

rhetoric

32.

most important point the author makes

a)

central idea

b)

connections

c)

details

d)

evidence

33.

summing up of an argument or text

a)

connections

b)

illustrations

c)

metaphor

d)

conclusions

34.

relating what you read to something else you know

a)

simile

b)

stanza

c)

structure

d)

connections

35.

the association that a word brings to mind

a)

central idea

b)

argument

c)

connotative language

d)

figurative language

36.

isolated facts that support ideas

a)

details

b)

point of view

c)

analogy

d)

evidence

37.

knowledge on which to base a belief

a)

interaction

b)

evidence

c)

mood

d)

tone

38.

figures of speech used to make meaning clearer

a)

figurative language

b)

connotative language

c)

evidence

d)

technical language

39.

visual material used to clarify or add to a text

a)

illustrations

b)

metaphor

c)

analogy

d)

central idea

40.

a mutual or reciprocal action

a)

interaction

b)

details

c)

compare

d)

stanza

41.

an indirect comparison

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

42.

the way the author makes the reader feel

a)

details

b)

central idea

c)

tone

d)

mood

43.

the vantage point from which a story is told

a)

interaction

b)

simile

c)

point of view

d)

rhetoric

44.

the art of writing or speaking differently

a)

rhetoric

b)

analogy

c)

voice

d)

evidence

45.

a direct comparison using like or as

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

analogy

46.

a poetry term for paragraph; a section of a poem

a)

stanza

b)

line

c)

structure

d)

connections

47.

organization of a text

a)

stanza

b)

arugment

c)

structure

d)

mood