ELA Academic/Domain Vocabulary Set 2

Theme

• the moral, message, or lesson taught in a text

• the subject the text is mostly about

• the attitude of an author in a piece of writing

• secondary meaning or feeling associated with a word beyond the literal meaning

Central idea

• the main character or characters in a story

• the moral, message, or lesson taught in a text

• the topic or idea a piece of writing is mostly about

• facts that come directly from the text

Summary

• a brief statement of the main points of a text

• to have an effect or cause change

• to break an idea/text down into parts in order to understand or explain

• to justify or prove an answer

Evidence

• worthy of attention; important

• the topic or idea a piece of writing is mostly about

• circumstances surround an event, statement, or idea

• facts that come directly from the text

Inference

• to add details or further explain an idea

• to justify or prove an answer

• to make a guess based on knowledge

• secondary meaning or feeling associated with a word beyond the literal meaning

Develop

• to add details or further explain an idea

• to break an idea/text down into parts in order to understand or explain

• show something to be true

• a complete or united whole

Significant

• worthy of attention; important

• give in order to help achieve or prove something

• the literal or dictionary definition of a word

• to have an effect or cause change

Analyze

• to add details or further explain an idea

• secondary meaning or feeling associated with a word beyond the literal meaning

• to break an idea/text down into parts in order to understand or explain

• give in order to help achieve or prove something

Support

• to make a guess based on knowledge

• to justify or prove an answer

• to have an effect or cause change

• give special importance or attention to

Objective

• goal or outcome of a written text

• circumstances surround an event, statement, or idea

• not influenced by personal feelings or opinions

• the message or lesson taught in a story