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ELA/SS Stack
Mixed Vocab for ELA/SS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Text Based Evidence (TBE) | Using proof from a text to support or answer a question. |
| Register | How we talk or write differently in different settings. |
| Genre | Different types of reading, movies, or music. |
| First Person Point of View | A story told from the perspective of the main character. Uses 'I', 'Me', 'We'. |
| Biography | A story about a person's life written by someone else. |
| Autobiography | A story about a person's life written by themselves. |
| Author's Purpose | An author's reason for writing. |
| Central Idea | The main message or idea expressed in a non-fiction text. |
| Archeologist | An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind |
| Geographer | An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features |
| Historian | An expert who studies and records the past |
| Inquiry | In history, the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place |
| Ritual | Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony |
| Prehistoric | Before written history |
| Artifact | An object made or used by people in the past |
| Evidence | The available body of facts to determine whether something is true |
| Progression | order of writing, how each sentence builds upon the next |
| Reference | the act of mentioning an idea, source or text |
| Elaboration | process of explaining, expanding or adding details to support of clarify an idea |
| Sustained | an idea, tone, argument or focus that is constantly maintained and developed throughout a piece of text |
| Precise | using clear, exact, and accurate language to express ideas without confusion or unnecessary words |
| Cite | give credit to a source when you use someone else's ideas, words, data or research |
| Kinship | the system of social relationships that connect people based on blood, marriage or adoption |
| claim | A statement that says something is true and can be supported with evidence. |
| opinion | What someone thinks or believes, not something that can be proven true or false. |
| impact | The effect or change that happens because of something. |
| technology | Tools, machines, or programs made to help people do things more easily. |
| biometrics | Using body features, like fingerprints or face scans, to identify a person. |
| privacy | Keeping personal information safe and not shared without permission. |
| control | The power to direct, manage, or make decisions about something. |
| influence | The ability to affect how someone thinks or acts. |
| benefit | A good or helpful result. |
| alliances | partnerships |
| irrigation | the supply of water to fields using human made systems |
| silt | an especially fine and fertile soil |
| city-states | self governing unit that controls the surrounding villages and towns |
| social class | an order based on power and wealth |
| artisans | people who are skilled at making things by hand |
| civilization | a group of people who live together in an organized way with leaders, laws and jobs |
| raw materials | substances from which other things are made, such as wood, milk, salt or oil |
| tolerance | sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others |
| absolute power | Someone with total control can make any rules they want, and no one can stop them. |
| provinces | administrative districts |
| legacy | cultural and technological advancements left to us from the past |
| cataracts | rock formations that create churning rapids |
| delta | an area where the river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| pharaoh | Egyptian kings |
| viziers | chief officials who carry out the day to day work of the pharaoh |
| pyramids | massive monumental tombs to house the dead bodies of the pharaohs |
| hierarchy | people belonged to different social classes and each class had a rank in society. |
| mummies | preserved bodies |
| counter claim | opposing argument |
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