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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. |