ELA Terms

The main/ big idea of the whole work

• central idea

• genre

• theme

• subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Find important details that author uses to support central idea to write this

• lesson

• thesis

• objective summary

• formula

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

People or animals in a story

• actors

• author

• participants

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the problem of the story is solved; the end

• resolution

• theme

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

These features gives the reader a clue about what information will be presented in each section of the text

• diagrams

• timelines

• introductions

• headings and subheadings

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This text structure tells about something in detail

• description

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This type of figurative language makes a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

To examine closely for explanation or interpretation

• analyze

• evaluate

• summarize

• study

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

To analyze for the value of information

• analyze

• identify

• summarize

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Information presented to be read by the students

• text

• notes

• central idea

• papers

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2