ELA Academic Vocabulary

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Figure of speech showing relationship between words or ideas

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Analogy

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Describing as similar

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Compare

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Fully expressed or demonstrated

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Explicit

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Evidence from a text

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Textual Evidence

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Organized information in text

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Text Structure

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Examine critically to reveal essential elements

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Analyze

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Deriving by reasoning

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Infer

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Meaning of 'figurative'

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symbolic, not literal

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Synonym for 'significant'

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important

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Meaning of 'excerpt'

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a part, sample