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GLOSSARY -- COMMUNICATION ARTS

GRADES K-12

 

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Content _Area Strand Big_ Idea Concept Begin_ Grade End_ Grade GLE_ Code Term Definition
CA W 2 F 09 12 a.iii active voice writing in which the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb. Writing is in the passive voice when the subject receives the action, e.g., Passive voice = The cake was decorated by my sister. Active voice = My sister decorated the cake
CA L 1 B 06 06 a.i active-listening behaviors actions that let the speaker know the audience is listening Examples: nonverbal body language cues such as making eye contact and nodding in agreement; verbal cues such as questioning and summarizing main points, etc.
CA L 1 B 07 07 a.i active-listening behaviors actions that let the speaker know the audience is listening Examples: nonverbal body language cues such as making eye contact and nodding in agreement; verbal cues such as questioning and summarizing main points, etc.
CA L 1 B 08 08 a.i active-listening behaviors actions that let the speaker know the audience is listening Examples: nonverbal body language cues such as making eye contact and nodding in agreement; verbal cues such as questioning and summarizing main points, etc.
CA L 1 B 09 12 a.i active-listening behaviors actions that let the speaker know the audience is listening Examples: nonverbal body language cues such as making eye contact and nodding in agreement; verbal cues such as questioning and summarizing main points, etc.
W 2 E 03 03 a.i affixes one or more sounds or letters attached to the beginning or end of a word or base: prefixes and suffixes.
CA R 1 E 04 04 a.i affixes one or more sounds or letters attached to the beginning or end of a word or base: prefixes and suffixes.
CA R 1 E 05 05 a.i affixes one or more sounds or letters attached to the beginning or end of a word or base: prefixes and suffixes.
CA R 1 E 06 06 a.i affixes one or more sounds or letters attached to the beginning or end of a word or base: prefixes and suffixes.
CA R 1 E 07 07 a.i affixes one or more sounds or letters attached to the beginning or end of a word or base: prefixes and suffixes.
CA R 1 E 08 08 a.i affixes one or more sounds or letters attached to the beginning or end of a word or base: prefixes and suffixes.
CA R 1 E 09 12 a.i affixes one or more sounds or letters attached to the beginning or end of a word or base: prefixes and suffixes.
CA R 2 B 01 01 a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CA R 3 B 01 01 a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CA R 2 B 02 02 a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CA R 3 B 02 02 a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CA R 2 B 06 06 a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CAR 3 B 06 06 a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CA R 2 B _K _K a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CA R 3 B _K _K a.i alliteration alliteration.pdf
CA W 3 A 07 07 a.i analogy analogy.pdf
CA W 3 A 08 08 a.i analogy analogy.pdf
CA R 1 H 01 01 a.v analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 02 02 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 03 03 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 04 04 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 05 05 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 05 05 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 05 05 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 05 05 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA I 2 A 05 05 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 06 06 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 06 06 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 06 06 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 06 06 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 06 06 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 06 06 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 06 06 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 A 06 06 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 07 07 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 07 07 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 07 07 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 07 07 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 07 07 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 07 07 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 A 07 07 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 07 07 a.v analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 07 07 a.vi analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 08 08 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 08 08 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 08 08 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 08 08 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA I 2 A 08 08 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 08 08 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 08 08 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 08 08 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.iii.ai analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.iii.bi analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.iii.ci analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.iii.di analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.iv.ai analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.iv.bi analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.iv.ci analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 H 09 12 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 09 12 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 09 12 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 1 I 09 12 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA I 2 A 09 12 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 B 09 12 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 09 12 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 09 12 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 09 12 a.iii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 09 12 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 09 12 a.v analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 2 C 09 12 a.vi analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 B 09 12 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 09 12 a.i analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 09 12 a.ii analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 09 12 a.iv analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 09 12 a.iv.ai analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 09 12 a.iv.bi analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA R 3 C 09 12 a.iv.ci analyze to examine by parsing or breaking down into smaller parts or elements
CA W 2 D 07 07 a.ii antecedent antecedent.pdf
CA W 3 E 01 01 a.ii audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E 02 02 a.i audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E 03 03 a.i audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E 04 04 a.i audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E 05 05 a.i audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E 06 06 a.i audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E 07 07 a.iii audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E 09 12 a.ii audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA W 3 E _K _K a.i audience the author’s awareness of audience: writing for a specific purpose with a specific reader or group of readers in mind
CA R 2 C 03 03 a.xiii author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 3 C 03 03 a.vii author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 2 C 04 04 a.xi author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 2 C 04 04 a.xii author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 3 C 04 04 a.ix author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade

CA		 R 2 C 05 05 a.xi author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 3 C 05 05 a.viii author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 3 C 06 06 a.v author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 3 C 08 08 a.ii author's purpose the author's intent or reason for writing: to explain or inform, to entertain, to persuade
CA R 1 D 01 01 a.i automaticity automatic word recognition; the fast, effortless word recognition that comes with a great deal of reading practice. Emerging and developing readers may be accurate, but slow and inefficient at word recognition. Continued reading practice helps word recognition become more automatic, rapid, and effortless. Automaticity refers only to accurate, speedy word recognition, not to reading with expression.
CA R 1 E 01 01 a.i base word a word to which affixes may be added to create related words; root word; the basic part of a word that usually carries the main component of meaning and cannot be further analyzed without the loss of identity (e.g., “teach” in “re-teach” or “teaching”)
CA R 1 E 02 02 a.i base word a word to which affixes may be added to create related words; root word; the basic part of a word that usually carries the main component of meaning and cannot be further analyzed without the loss of identity (e.g., “teach” in “re-teach” or “teaching”)
CA R 1 E 03 03 a.i base word a word to which affixes may be added to create related words; root word; the basic part of a word that usually carries the main component of meaning and cannot be further analyzed without the loss of identity (e.g., “teach” in “re-teach” or “teaching”)
CA R 3 C 06 06 a.v bias a mental leaning, inclination, or prejudice
CA W 3 E 07 07 a.ii business letter business_letter.pdf
CA R 2 C 03 03 a.xi cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 3 C 03 03 a.iv cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 2 C 04 04 a.ix cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 3 C 04 04 a.iii cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 2 C 05 05 a.ix cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 3 C 05 05 a.iii cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 2 C 06 06 a.iv cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 3 C 06 06 a.ix cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CAW 3 C 06 06 a.i cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CAW 3 C 06 06 a.i.ai cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CAW 3 C 06 06 a.i.bi cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CAW 3 C 06 06 a.i.ci cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CAW 3 C 06 06 a.i.di cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 2 C 07 07 a.iii cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 3 C 07 07 a.ix cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA W 3 C 07 07 a.i cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA W 3 C 07 07 a.i.ai cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA W 3 C 07 07 a.i.bi cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA W 3 C 07 07 a.i.ci cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA W 3 C 07 07 a.i.di cause and effect cause_and_effect.pdf
CA R 2 C 03 03 a.ii character traits authors develop characterization by describing various aspects of the character: physical appearance; personality; speech, behavior/actions; thoughts and/or feelings; interactions with other characters
CA R 2 C 04 04 a.ii character traits authors develop characterization by describing various aspects of the character: physical appearance; personality; speech, behavior/actions; thoughts and/or feelings; interactions with other characters
CA R 2 C 05 05 a.ii character traits authors develop characterization by describing various aspects of the character: physical appearance; personality; speech, behavior/actions; thoughts and/or feelings; interactions with other characters

 

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R 2 C 06 06 a.ii character traits authors develop characterization by describing various aspects of the character: physical appearance; personality; speech, behavior/actions; thoughts and/or feelings; interactions with other characters

 

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R 2 C 07 07 a.iv character traits authors develop characterization by describing various aspects of the character: physical appearance; personality; speech, behavior/actions; thoughts and/or feelings; interactions with other characters
CA I 1 D 07 07 a.i citation attribution, or method of acknowledgment of source material used by an author; common citation styles include MLA (A Guide to MLA Documentation), APA (APA Publication Manual), and Chicago (Chicago Manual of Style)
CA I 1 D 08 08 a.i citation attribution, or method of acknowledgment of source material used by an author; common citation styles include MLA (A Guide to MLA Documentation), APA (APA Publication Manual), and Chicago (Chicago Manual of Style)

 

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I 1 D 09 12 a.i citation attribution, or method of acknowledgment of source material used by an author; common citation styles include MLA (A Guide to MLA Documentation), APA (APA Publication Manual), and Chicago (Chicago Manual of Style)
CA W 2 C 09 12 a.i citation attribution, or method of acknowledgment of source material used by an author; common citation styles include MLA (A Guide to MLA Documentation), APA (APA Publication Manual), and Chicago (Chicago Manual of Style)
CA R 1 E 01 01 a.ii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
W 2 E 01 01 a.iii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
CA R 1 E 02 02 a.ii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
W 2 E 02 02 a.iii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
CA W 2 E 03 03 a.iii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
CA W 2 E 04 04 a.iii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
CA W 2 E 05 05 a.iii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
CA W 2 E 06 06 a.ii classroom resources reference materials such as a dictionary, thesaurus, handbook, word wall, spellchecker, glossary, or technological tool
CA W 2 F 07 07 a.iv cohesive devices cohesive_devices.pdf
CA W 2 F 07 07 a.iv.ai cohesive devices cohesive_devices.pdf
CA W 2 F 08 08 a.ii cohesive devices cohesive_devices.pdf
CA W 2 F 08 08 a.ii.ai cohesive devices cohesive_devices.pdf
CA W 2 F 08 08 a.ii.bi cohesive devices cohesive_devices.pdf
CA W 2 F 08 08 a.ii.ci cohesive devices cohesive_devices.pdf
CA W 2 F 09 12 a.ii cohesive devices cohesive_devices.pdf
CA L 1 A 08 08 a.v colloquialism colloquialism.pdf
CA R 1 I 03 03 a.i compare to tell how things are alike; to examine both points of similarity and difference, but generally with the greater emphasis on similarities
CA R 2 C 03 03 a.vii compare to tell how things are alike; to examine both points of similarity and difference, but generally with the greater emphasis on similarities
CA R 2 C 03 03 a.viii compare to tell how things are alike; to examine both points of similarity and difference, but generally with the greater emphasis on similarities
CA R 2 C 03 03 a.ix compare to tell how things are alike; to examine both points of similarity and difference, but generally with the greater emphasis on similarities
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