6th Gr CAASPP ELA Vocabulary List 3

What is author's intent?

• What the author plans to do after work

• The people he/she is writing for

• The main idea of the writing

• His/her purpose for writing--usually to inform, entertain, or persuade the audience to think something.

What is a stanza?

• A title of a poem

• The rhyming pattern of a poem

• The number of syllables in a line of a poem

• A verse or a section of a poem

What does it mean to integrate information?

• To give a short account of the main points

• To summarize the text

• To closely link concepts from more than one source

• To communicate with the audience

What is style in writing?

• The voice or method the author uses to communicate his/her message. It can be formal or informal.

• The way two or more things work together

• The author's point of view

• The purpose for writing

What is the author's point of view?

• The method the author uses to communicate--1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person

• The author's intent

• The way two or more things work together

• The author's message

What does interaction refer to?

• The way two or more things work together

• The method the author uses to communicate

• The author's point of view

• The author's intent

What does it mean to summarize?

• To give a short account of the main points

• To entertain the audience

• To persuade the audience

• To inform the audience

How do we integrate information?

• We give short accounts of the main points of a passage in 1 or 2 sentences.

• We copy/paste the words of one writer into words of another.

• we closely link concepts from more than one source in our writing by telling how they are related.

• We explain the takeaway from the text to someone.