RICAS ELA Vocabulary

Analyze

• To Separate Into Parts

• To Tell What Happened and Why

• To Tell How and Why

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Argue

• To Quote As an Example

• Part of a Longer Text

• To Prove Points By Using Facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

To Tell What Happened and Why

• Cause and Effect

• Express

• Draw

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

To Quote as an Example

• Review

• Show

• Cite

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

To Recognize and Explain

• Support

• Something That Happened

• Identify

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

To reexamine the main points or highlights of something

• Generalize

• Analyze

• Describe and Discuss

• Review

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Part of a Longer Text

• Selection

• Excerpt

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

To List Chronologically In Order

• Selection

• Trace

• List

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Something That Happened

• Support

• Point Out

• Occurred

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

Give an Answer

• Respond

• Identify

• Tell

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B