ELA Academic Vocabulary

to closely and carefully examine a piece of text

• analyze

• compare

• context clues

• contrast

to describe how two or more things are similar

• contribute

• contrast

• compare

• context clues

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

words, phrases, and sentences around an unknown word or group of words in a text that help to determine the word's meaning

• details

• dialogue

• context clues

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

to describe how two or more things are different

• inference

• figurative language

• details

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.9B

to add to something; to help bring about a result

• interaction

• contribute

• inference

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

facts, examples, and other pieces of information directly stated in a text

• details

• main idea

• interaction

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

the words the characters say in a story or play

• effect

• figurative language

• dialogue

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3B

something that happens as a result of an event

• mood

• effect

• personification

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5B

writing that makes comparisons to describe familiar things and events in new and unique ways

• personfication

• mood

• inference

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

reaching a conclusion based on detail in the text and your own background knowledge

• plot

• interaction

• inference

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1