Question Types
Sometimes called multiple-choice, is a question, problem, or statement that is followed by four answer choices.
Selected Response
conclude based on evidence found in the passage
Infer
Main statement of a text, which is in the introduction
Argument
A real or imaginary story about a situation, moment in time, or series of events. Events are what a character senses through five senses.
Narrative
Refers to, a book, an article, website, person, or media that contains information
Source
Asks a question, and students provide a response that they construct. This should be written in the RACECES format.
Short constructed-response
Overview of a passage . It captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions
Objective Summary
A argument that opposes the claim
Counterclaim
The person the writer chooses to tell a story
Narrator
When a writer uses the evidence and facts from the source to support reasoning and persuade the audience to agree with the writer’s claim, the writer gains
Credibility
A type of constructed-response that requires a longer, detailed response. This should include dialogue, figurative language, and sensory language.
Extended constructed response item
Refers to the symbolic meaning of words or phrases. EXAMPLE: Personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, idiom
Figurative Language
Introduction paragraph, two body paragraphs, a counterclaim and rebuttal paragraph, and a conclusion paragraph.
Argumentative Outline
The perspective a writer chooses to tell a story
Point Of View
To use someone else’s ideas and to express those ideas in your own words.
Paraphrasing
Found in Section 1 of the ELA assessment. Students are expected to develop an informative/explanatory response based on two passages.
Extended writing-response
A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word.
Connotation
For a claim to be effective, it must be supported with evidence and reasoning
Credible
Tools used to create experiences, events, characters.
Narrative Techniques
Presenting the words, works, or ideas of someone else as though they are one’s own and without providing attribution to the author.
Plagiarism
Scored on a seven-point scale
The extended writing-response task
The attitude of an author. The author will choose words to express a viewpoint.
Tone
Writer chooses language that matches the audience and purpose and avoids informal language.
Formal Language
Concrete words and phrases that allows the reader to experience the way things are sight, sound, smell, taste, touch
Sensory Language/ Imagery
The way the author tells details or information included in the text that come from another source.
Citation