TCAP Words to Know

Question 1

passage

Answer 1

a section of text

Question 2

essay

Answer 2

a short piece of writing on a particular subject

Question 3

multi-paragraph

Answer 3

more than one paragraph (introduction, body, conclusion)

Question 4

opinion

Answer 4

a personal view, belief, or what you think about something; cannot be proven

Question 5

fact

Answer 5

a statement that can be proven

Question 6

compare

Answer 6

looking at how things are the same

Question 7

contrast

Answer 7

looking at the difference between things

Question 8

point of view

Answer 8

the perspective from which a story is told (whose eyes the story is told through)

Question 9

capitalize

Answer 9

uppercase letter (the first letter of a sentence, I, and names)

Question 10

punctuation

Answer 10

the marks such as commas, periods (.), question marks (?), and exclamation points (!) in writing

Question 11

main idea

Answer 11

what a piece of writing is mainly about

Question 12

theme

Answer 12

a unifying idea that appears throughout a story (ex. love, friendship, betrayal)

Question 13

evidence

Answer 13

proof

Question 14

details

Answer 14

pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea

Question 15

prompt

Answer 15

explains what you need to write about

Question 16

manage your time

Answer 16

set a good pace and take your time (don’t rush through but also don’t take too long on each question)

Question 17

transitions

Answer 17

words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs (First, Next, Also, Finally, etc.)

Question 18

conjunctions (FANBOYS)

Answer 18

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (connects 2 sentences)

Question 19

genre

Answer 19

a category or type of literature/story (ex. autobiography, biography, comedy, fiction, nonfiction horror)

Question 20

Synonyms

Answer 20

words that have Similar meanings

Question 21

Antonym

Answer 21

a word that means the Opposite of another words

Question 22

simile

Answer 22

a comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 23

metaphor

Answer 23

a comparison using is or are

Question 24

text structure

Answer 24

the author’s method of organizing text (compare/contrast, cause/effect, chronological, problem/solution)

Question 25

cause and effect

Answer 25

the reason something happens and the result of it happening