ELA 9 Academic Vocabulary

Ancedote

• a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

• short and amusing story about a personal experience

• word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

• one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

• the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Voice

• a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

• short and amusing story about a personal experience

• word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

• one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

• the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Topic Sentence

• a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

• short and amusing story about a personal experience

• word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

• one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

• the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Thesis

• a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

• short and amusing story about a personal experience

• word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

• one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

• the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

Transition

• a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

• short and amusing story about a personal experience

• word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

• one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

• the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a subordinate conjunction?

• a word that connects ideas, words, or phrases

• a person, place or thing

• word that indicates an action or state of being

• an incomplete sentence that is a fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a research paper?

• an opinion paper

• a paper using outside sources to prove research

• a paper criticizing a piece of literature

• a paper used to summarize research you do in class

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is composition structure?

• a notebook for writing ideas in

• the ideas you write about in a paper

• giving credit to the sources you've used

• the organizational structure of your paper

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A topic sentence is...

• the sentence that shows your argument throughout your paper

• the last sentence of your paper

• sentence that starts each paragraph

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A thesis is...

• a sentence that starts each paragraph

• the sentence that shows your argument

• the last sentence of your paper

• when you give credit to an outside source

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1A