Vocabulary Words - ELA Final Exam Review

a true story based on facts

• fiction
• nonfiction
• historical fiction
• realistic fiction

the way a story is written/told - 1st or 3rd person.

• point of view
• plot
• author's purpose
• tone

an alphabetical listing of all topics found in the book and their page numbers; it is located at the back of the book and the words are in alphabetical order.    

• glossary
• table of contents
• index
• side bar

to inform, persuade, or entertain

• figurative language
• literary devices
• author's purpose
• close reading

a diagram of dates and events listed in chronological order

• timeline
• sidebar
• glossary
• index

an alphabetical list of important words and definitions located at the back of the book.

• index
• timeline
• table of contents
• glossary

a picture of a specific area; it has a key and a scale

• side bars
• timelines
• maps
• diagram

using your background knowledge and logical thinking to answer a question;  using text evidence to draw a conclusion; "reading between the lines"

• annotations
• inference
• imagery
• context clues

what the story is mostly about; gist; summary

• resolution
• climax
• plot
• main idea / central idea

to visualize or picture a part of the story in your mind

• imagery
• connections
• predictions
• infer