ELA EOG Vocabulary Review

context clues

• 
  a strategy used to figure out the meaning of words based on how they are used in a text

• meaning of a word, phrase, or definition
  

• knowledge on which to base belief or conclusions
  

• 
  an expression consisting of one or more words

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

summarize

• 
  common characteristics; identifies how things are alike or similar

• 
  to arrive at a decision, to close or bring to an end

• 
  present the main points of a text in a concise form

• 
  best chance of happening or being correct

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

central idea

• “read between the lines;” the answer is not clearly stated in the passage; you need to use knowledge and experience to draw a conclusion
  

• the main topic or concept of a text
  

• the message that is intended or expressed

• 
  an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

choose

• knowledge on which to base belief or conclusions
  

• 
  to select from a number of possibilities. Similar words: select, pick, determine, identify

• 
  to prove negative; to show to be false

• 
  to stress or single out as important

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Alma made a list of words the newspapers use to describe the women who are picketing. 
Which of the following words has the same meaning as "picketing"?

• Joining

• protesting

• discussing

• voting

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Shocking news! The Germans have announced "unrestricted submarine warfare." They can blow up any ship they want...
What is the meaning of the word "unrestricted" as it appears in the sentence above?

• having no limits

• above the surface

• controlled by rules

• done secretly

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

to arrive at a decision, to close or bring to an end

• most likely

• selection

• conclude

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

“read between the lines;” the answer is not clearly stated in the passage; you need to use knowledge and experience to draw a conclusion

• alter

• distinguish

• associate

• infer

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the message that is intended or expressed

• illustrate

• 
  most likely

• define

• meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

meaning

• 
  a statement that an author makes and believes is true

• 
  to prove negative; to show to be false

• 
  the message that is intended or expressed

• 
  to cause to change

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D