NJSLA Prep ELA

When words, symbols, themes or other parts of the story are repeated and used more than once:

• point of view

• plot

• simile

• repetition

When an author uses such descriptive words that it paints a picture in your mind:

• mood

• theme

• imagery

• setting

Refers to the point of the paragraph or story:

• setting

• main idea/central idea

• narrator

• point of view

What does it mean to make a smart guess about what’s going to happen next?

• predict

• analyze

• clarify

• visualize

What does it mean to think about what you know and use clues from the text (read between the lines)?

• summarize

• support

• make connections

• infer

What does it mean retell the main ideas or most important parts of the story?

• make connections

• summarize

• infer

• support

Synonym for Convey

• Talk

• Express

• File

• Divide

Synonym for Infer

• Guess

• Conclude

• Talk

• Predict

Clues found within a text that will help you determine the meaning of a word or phrase

• Inference

• Context Clues

• Main Idea

• Theme

A conclusion a reader reaches based on known facts

• Theme

• Prediction

• Inference

• Central Idea