When an author uses cause and effect to support a position.

When one event causes something else to happen.

When authors compare two things and give reasons why one thing is better or worse than the other in order to support their position.

The answer you come up with after you have inferred.

Words, phrases, and other evidence from the text that can help you figure out the meaning of a word you don't know.

Contradictory Statements

When an author says two things in a text that both cannot be true.

Using evidence from the text PLUS your background knowledge to come up with a conclusion, or an answer.

The reasons or arguments that an author uses to persuade the reader to agree.

Exaggerated Statements

When an author stretches the truth to make something sound much better or much worse than it really is.

Using clues from the text PLUS your background knowledge to help figure out what the author means.

Connecting something you read with something from your own life to help better understand what you are reading and to make sense of new information.

Misleading Statements

When an author says something that leads you to think something that isn't true.

When an author uses repetition of ideas, words, or phrases that sound alike to emphasize a point in support of their position.

Using your own words to retell something an author said.

A text that tries to persuade someone to act or think a certain way.

What the author believes, or the author's point of view, about a certain issue or topic.

Using the EXACT words the author already used by putting those words in quotation marks - for example, every morning Mr. Yoes says "Good morning, Lanier Lions!"

To retell in your own words the most important parts of a text.

A short retelling of the main ideas from a text. It should only contain 2-3 sentences and be told in sequence.

Text-to-Self Connection

When something you read in a text reminds you of something in your own life and experience.

Text-to-Text Connection

When something you read in a text reminds you of something you read in another text.

Text-to-World Connection

When something you red in a text reminds you of something else in the world.

Words, phrases, and details from the text that supports or proves your answer or your thinking.

A "big idea" from a story, book, or other text. A text can have more than one theme.

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CA#3 Study Vocab

5th Grade Persuasion Reading Unit Vocabulary to prep for CA#3

Term	Definition
Causality	When an author uses cause and effect to support a position.
Cause and Effect	When one event causes something else to happen.
Comparison	When authors compare two things and give reasons why one thing is better or worse than the other in order to support their position.
Conclusion	The answer you come up with after you have inferred.
Context Clues	Words, phrases, and other evidence from the text that can help you figure out the meaning of a word you don't know.
Contradictory Statements	When an author says two things in a text that both cannot be true.
Drawing Conclusions	Using evidence from the text PLUS your background knowledge to come up with a conclusion, or an answer.
Evidence	The reasons or arguments that an author uses to persuade the reader to agree.
Exaggerated Statements	When an author stretches the truth to make something sound much better or much worse than it really is.
Inferring	Using clues from the text PLUS your background knowledge to help figure out what the author means.
Making Connections	Connecting something you read with something from your own life to help better understand what you are reading and to make sense of new information.
Misleading Statements	When an author says something that leads you to think something that isn't true.
Parallelism	When an author uses repetition of ideas, words, or phrases that sound alike to emphasize a point in support of their position.
Paraphrase	Using your own words to retell something an author said.
Persuasion	A text that tries to persuade someone to act or think a certain way.
Position	What the author believes, or the author's point of view, about a certain issue or topic.
Quote	Using the EXACT words the author already used by putting those words in quotation marks - for example, every morning Mr. Yoes says "Good morning, Lanier Lions!"
Summarize	To retell in your own words the most important parts of a text.
Summary	A short retelling of the main ideas from a text. It should only contain 2-3 sentences and be told in sequence.
Text-to-Self Connection	When something you read in a text reminds you of something in your own life and experience.
Text-to-Text Connection	When something you read in a text reminds you of something you read in another text.
Text-to-World Connection	When something you red in a text reminds you of something else in the world.
Textual Evidence	Words, phrases, and details from the text that supports or proves your answer or your thinking.
Theme	A "big idea" from a story, book, or other text. A text can have more than one theme.

Created by: Deb McKay

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