CAASPP Academic Vocabulary Challenge

Analyze

• Observe, look and break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure.

• an educated guess

• a statement that is arguable and used as a primary point to prove an argument

Summarize

• A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.

• A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.

• Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

Infer

• A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.

• A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.

• Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

Argumentative essay

• may use either the first- or the third-person point of view to relate a true story in a short composition works of narrative nonfiction tell a story, they have many characteristics of fiction

• An essay, which attempts to convince the reader of the truth of a premise by means of logic and other forms of persuasion.

• Writing meant to increase knowledge that is factual, unbiased information based on research

Significance

• Observe, look and break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure.

• The quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

• The most important point the author makes

Paraphrase

• Observe, look and break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure.

• careful examination and evaluation of the details in the text. The writer provides commentary. The writer may answer these questions: What is the significance of each detail? What affect does each detail create? How do the details shape the reader's response?

• A restatement of a text or passage in other words.

Inference

• Collected data, and clues collected from observations made.

• logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

• the writer's reason for writing.

Claim

• a statement that is arguable and used as a primary point to prove an argument

• the writer's reason for writing.

• logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

Conclusion

• A summary that states if your hypothesis was correct or incorrect and what the investigation showed, based on observations and data. .

• A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.

• Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

Imply

• The most important point the author makes

• Suggest, by the expressed CLUES given in the text.

• logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.