Language Arts Assessment Vocabulary

an individual or minute part

a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, etc.

the act or process of growth; progress

to make a choice; pick

the highest quality, excellence, or standing

influence, effect

to tell or represent by written or spoken word

to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible

to end or close

to make clear or intelligible, as by examples or analogies; exemplify

to elaborate or expand in detail

to determine by reasoning

to persuade

to make known; disclose; divulge

seeming like truth, fact, or certainty; reasonably to be believed or expected; believable