CAASPP Terms

What do you call pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea?

• details

• support

• demonstrate

• expalin

What do you do when you give account of the similarities between two or more items?

• compare

• contrast

• describe

• identify

What kind of essay attempts to convince the reader of a claim by means of logic and persuasion?

• Argumentative

• Narrative

• Expository

• Compare and Contrast

What do you call a story that tells a story of an event or a series of events?

• narrative

• expository

• summary

• argument

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject is called...

• tone

• mood

• theme

• opinion

What do you do when you try to show the differences between things?

• compare

• contrast

• support

• explain

What is visually descriptive language that appeals to the senses called?

• imagery

• figurative language

• descriptive language

• idioms

An allusion is...

• a magic trick

• a reference to another work of literature, person, or even

• a prehistoric dinosaur

• an inference

When they ask you to ascertain or establish exactly as a result of a calculation, you are being asked to do what?

• determine

• add

• narrate

• describe

How a reader feels about the text he or she is reading is called...

• tone

• mood

• opinion

• theme