5th Grade ELA Vocabulary

A summary based on evidence or facts

• summarize

• conclusion

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A description of an event that was not directly experienced by the author or person.

• inference

• firsthand account

• non-primary account
• secondhand account

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. (a guess)

• Inference

• Main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What a piece of writing is mainly about.

• Main idea/Central Idea

• Compare and Contrast

• Inference

• Firsthand Account

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

When the main points follow a time pattern (first, next, last, steps)

• Summarize

• Chronological Order

• Metaphors

• Similes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Comparing two words or ideas using the word “like” or “as”

• answer

• metaphor

• simile

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Comparing two ideas without using “like” or “as”

• Metaphor
• Analogy
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Stating in your own words the central idea and important details

• conclusion

• inference

• guess

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A description from a personal observation or experience.

• first hand account

• second hand account

• inference

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

How two things are the same or different.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• compare and contrast

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D