Academic Vocabulary Quiz

What does it mean to "analyze" a text?

• To understand what is stated in the text explicitly

• To make a personal connection with a story

• To closely examine/explain parts of a text

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define "Author's Purpose."

• The author's overall goal in writing the text (to persuade, inform, or entertain)

• The author's opinion/position on the topic of the text

• The overall topic of the text

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is "tone"?

• The attitude or feeling of a text (created by the author's choice of words)

• The author's opinion about the topic of the text

• The way a text sounds when read aloud

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The "central idea" of a text is...

• The idea in the middle of the text

• The BIG idea that the text is mainly about

• The supporting details the author uses to develop the BIG idea of the text

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A "complex character" is...

• A character with multiple/conflicting motivations

• The main character of a text

• A character that changes over the course of the text

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is "connotation"?

• The dictionary definition of a word

• The way a word sounds when spoken aloud

• The feeling associated with a word

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does it mean to "develop" an idea?

• To grow the idea by adding relevant information

• To narrow the idea down to a single point

• To restate the idea in different words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is "theme" in literature?

• The message/moral of the story

• What the story is mostly about

• How the story ends

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does it mean to "infer"?

• To restate information given to you directly

• To grow an idea by adding relevant information

• To come to a conclusion based on evidence (to make an "educated guess")

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is "Author's Point of View"?

• The author's opinion/position about the topic of the text

• The author's overall reason for writing the text

• The perspective of the narrator of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D