PARCC Vocabulary

Question 1

What skill do you need to use to answer this question?

Accepted Answer

Identify and categorize the different arguments in the text.

Question 2

What does direct evidence mean?

Accepted Answer

Words from the story that support your answer.

Question 3

What does "analyze the different approaches of character development" mean?

Accepted Answer

Explain the differences and similarities of style.

Question 4

What does "emphasize" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

Draw attention to an item

Question 5

What is the question asking you to do?

Accepted Answer

Use context clues to define the word.

Question 6

What is the question asking you to analyze?

Accepted Answer

The settings significance.

Question 7

What does, "according to the author" mean?

Accepted Answer

What the author thinks based on the text.

Question 8

What does "most relevant" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

It means that the quote shows the idea of the central theme.

Question 9

What does "builds on the significance" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

It means that the words contribute to an idea.

Question 10

How should the evidence support the primary purpose?

Accepted Answer

The evidence should show the primary purpose.

Question 11

What does "structural choice" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

How the author designs the story.

Question 12

What is the central theme?

Accepted Answer

The message of the story.

Question 13

What does, "primary purpose" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

The most important reason

Question 14

What is the question asking you to do?

Accepted Answer

Pick two quotations that support the central argument.

Question 15

How do you answer this question?

Accepted Answer

Read the actions and the dialogue with Jiro and Mie.

Question 16

What does "support" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

Aid or help

Question 17

What does, "the central argument of the majority opinion" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

The main argument of the majority.

Question 18

What does, "development of the central theme" mean?

Accepted Answer

How the story explains the central theme.

Question 19

What does "clarify" mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

Make plain

Question 20

What does the author's feelings mean in the question?

Accepted Answer

The author's attitude in the story.

Questions 20