Essential Vocabulary

Which term means details, facts, and reasons that directly relate to and support a debatable claim?

• Evidence

• Commentary

• Counterclaim

• Call-to-Action

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term means sentences in a paragraph that explain what is important about the evidence and tell the reader how it proves and supports the author’s claim?

• Call-to-Action

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Commentary

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which term means the reasons why other people oppose (disagree with) the author’s claim?

• Debatable Claim

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Commentary

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

• shop

• office

• factory

• restaurant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

• barber

• tailor

• hairdresser

• nurse

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

• customer

• shopkeeper

• baker

• butcher

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

• eats

• works

• lives

• cooks

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Which word means a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word?

• A) Antonym

• B) Synonym

• C) Homonym

• D) Acronym

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the term for a word that is opposite in meaning to another word?

• A) Synonym

• B) Homonym

• C) Antonym

• D) Homophone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which of the following is a compound word?

• A) Butterfly

• B) Apple

• C) Run

• D) Blue

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D