ELA LEAP Prep Vocabulary

Information from a text that we use to support our beliefs, opinions, main points, and arguments

• Text Evidence

• Opinion

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Telling the important events or ideas in a story in your own words

• Key Details

• Central Message

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A retelling of an event or series of events

• Lesson

• Recount

• Moral

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

To tell again or in another way

• Text Evidence

• Key Detail

• Retell

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

The big idea of a story or the lesson the author wants you to learn

• Central Message

• Summarize

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A lesson to be learned in the story

• Key Detail

• Moral

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Tells important information about the story or main topic

• Key Details

• Lesson

• Traits

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A story that teaches a moral lesson often in which animals speak and act like humans

• Drama

• Fable

• Myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A story passed down in spoken words; usually the author is unknown and there are often many versions of the tale

• Drama

• Fable

• Folktale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The people, animals, or things in a story that can think, feel, and act.

• Characters

• Setting

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C