4th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary SLO 22-23

analyze

• to note differences
• A struggle between opposing forces. person vs. person; person vs. self; person vs. nature; person vs. society or technology

• to discover something through detailed examination; to separate something into its parts so you can study each part carefully in order to better understand the whole

• to note similarities - how two things are alike.

argument

• Words that are used to persuade someone to think or do something. It includes a claim, reasons and evidence to support the claim.
• what the text is mostly about
• an inference or educated guess based on multiple pieces of information and prior knowledge.

• patterns used by authors to organize written information

author's purpose

• to tell about something in words using details
• the author's reason for writing a text
• to hold up or reinforce

• an inference or educated guess

compare

• the subject of a text

• to note differences
• to note similarities - how two things are alike.
• A struggle between opposing forces

conclusion

• an inference or educated guess based on multiple pieces of information and prior knowledge.

• the parts of a text that stand out to emphasize an important idea or detail

• to use information from the text to make an educated guess about what will happen next; to say before

• the most important words or phrases

conflict

• the most important words or phrases
• A struggle between opposing forces. person vs. person; person vs. self; person vs. nature; person vs. society or technology
• to decide the value or worth after study; to judge
• Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"

contrast

• to note differences
• to figure out

• the subject of a text or discussion

• the most important words or phrases

define

• to make a brief statement that contains the essential ideas of a longer text

• an inference based on multiple pieces of information and prior knowledge.
• to give the exact meaning of a particular word or phrase

• an author or speaker's opinion, perspective, or position

describe

• the author's reason for writing a text
• a message conveyed to the reader in a text

• to recognize and name
• to tell about something in words using details

determine

• the subject of a text or discussion

• to note differences
• an author or speaker's opinion, perspective, or position
• to figure out