DOE Essential Vocabulary - Reading Strand

visual enhancements such as boldface, italics, sidebars, illustrations and headings 

• connotations
• denotations
• textural aides
• organizational patterns

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TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

TEKS.ELA.7.5C

TEKS.ELA.8.5C

TEKS.ELA.CRSS.5C

prefixes and suffixes are attached to these to create new words 

• connotations
• denotations
• root words
• fixates

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TEKS.ELA.4.2A.I

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.II

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.III

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.IV

TEKS.ELA.RI.1A

the basic dictionary meaning of a word 

• connotation
• denotation
• mnemonic
• affix

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TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E

can be positive or negative; can be more personal; can have an implied meaning beyond the general definition
Ex: svelte, slim, skinny
Ex: house, home, shack

• denotation
• definition
• connotation
• explanation

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TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

TEKS.ELA.E1.2B

TEKS.ELA.E4.2B

the text structure that is used to indicate that one thing directly causes another to happen

• problem/solution
• compare/contrast
• cause/effect
• question/answer

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TEKS.ELA.5.10B

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

TEKS.ELA.7.9B

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

TEKS.ELA.E1.8B

the order in which things occur or are carried out

• chronological order
• sequential order/sequence
• preferential order
• order

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TEKS.ELA.5.10B

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

TEKS.ELA.7.9B

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

TEKS.ELA.E1.8B

to make an assessment based on the information provided

• draw conclusion
• inference
• irony
• denotation

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TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

TEKS.ELA.E4.6

using the information provided and then "reading between the lines" to come to a conclusion about something

• draw conclusion
• inference 
• deference
• foreshadowing

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TEKS.ELA.6.6F

TEKS.ELA.7.5C

TEKS.ELA.7.6F

TEKS.ELA.8.5C

TEKS.ELA.8.6F

the use of clues in one's writing to hint at things that will come later

• irony
• cause/effect
• foreshadowing
• inference

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TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

the contrast between expectation and what is real, between what appears to be and what is actually true

• foreshadowing
• irony
• inference
• prediction

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TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E3.6