Tier 2 Vocabulary

Analyze means to

• discover or reveal (something) through detailed examination.

• say something in a way that is clear and makes sense

• use someone else’s words to explain something

• see something or someone as different

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Cite means

• quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement

• a word that compares two things and shows they are the same

• to repeat someone using different words but keeping the same meaning

• writing or saying words to persuade someone, but there will never be action

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Distinguish means 

• to talk about or write about
• to hold up and make stronger
• to see something or someone as different
• to take more than one part and make something new

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Infer means

• to repeat someone using different words but keeping the same meaning

• use prior knowledge and the text to read in between the lines.

• writing or saying words to persuade someone, but there will never be action

• word that compares two things and shows they are the same

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Support means

• to hold up and make stronger
• word that compares two things and shows they are the same
• to take more than one part and make something new
• to see something or someone as different

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

An analogy is

•  a comparison between two things
• word that compares two things and shows they are the same
• repeating someone using different words but keeping the same meaning
• writing or saying words to persuade someone, but there will never be action

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

A metaphor is

• compares two things not using like or as

• looking at something closely for details

• holding up and making something stronger

• figuring out something without being directly told

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Tone means

• the writer's voice or attitude about the subject.

• a comparison between two things. Less simple than metaphor

• words used to persuade someone, but there will never be action.

• word that compares two things and shows they are the same

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

touch the feelings of (someone); move emotionally.

• affect

• conclude

• elaborate

• infer

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

suppose to be the case, without proof.

• context

• assume;assumption

• evidence

• introduce

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.7.2D