ELA Vocabulary Terms

The main or central idea of a selection is called the

• theme
• gist
• plot
• setting

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The series of related events that make up a story.

• plot
• theme
• gist
• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

The main lesson, message or statement about life in the story.

• theme
• gist
• conclusion
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

The problem or problems characters face in a literary work.
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• conflict
• setting
• narrator
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Describing the main idea and important details of a passage using your own words.

• summarizing
• analyzing
• inferring
• reflecting

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.4B

CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.K.3B

Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea.

• details
• words
• metaphors
• clinchers

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand.

• inference
• opinion
• fact
• summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.

• evidence (TBE)
• POQ
• stanza
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Examining something in great detail in order to understand it better or discover more about it.

• analyzing
• summarizing
• inferring
• retelling

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3E

CCSS.RF.1.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.K.4

A direct comparison between two things that are not alike (usually using "is" or "was").
Ex. Joe is freezing.

• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopeia
• aliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3