ELA Academic Vocabulary

Which term below means to remember something ?

• recall

• effect

• organize

• claim

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word means to carefully consider the value of something?

• identify

• evaluate

• argue

• refer

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The teacher had to demonstrate how to solve the equation by showing students how to understand the variable. Based on the above sentence, which of the following is the best meaning of demonstrate?

• to share information, opinions, and ideas about something

• to prove something is true by giving evidence

• to judge something

• to show who or what something is

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Mrs. Carter will discuss the chapter with the class so that they can share what they have learned from reading. Based on the sentence above, which of the following is the best meaning of discuss?

• to share information, opinions, and ideas about something

• to arrange things in an order that makes them easy to find

• a change that results from a cause

• the main subject of a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Which of the following terms means to mention an idea from a text to support your opinion?

• interpret

• argue

• compare

• cite

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which term means to recognize the differences between two (or more) things?

• compare

• assess

• differentiate

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

After I analyze charts, I have to write a paper about how I _______ the charts.

• assess

• cite

• interpret

• infer

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

I always feel the need to arrange things in an order that makes them easy to find. What do I do when I do this?

• organize

• effect

• identify

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

To put something in your own words is to ______________.

• differentiate

• discuss

• effect

• paraphrase

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

To give reasons in favor of or against something is to _________.

• recall

• analyze

• argue

• discuss

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D