ELA Terms

To tell something, show, illustrate, list the attributes

• describe

• summarize

• compare

• infer

take it apart, break it down

• describe

• predict

• infer

• analyze

foretell, forecast, tell what you think will happen

• infer

• predict

• summarize

• describe

where and when the story takes place

• stanza

• theme

• setting

• genre

“I admire the way you have worked so hard throughout your life.”

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

describe

• 
  a larger-life lesson or message that is made clear in a text based on the main character’s growth

• 
  presents a clear picture of a person, place, thing, or idea; uses details or sensory words

• 
  to elaborate; to express or make clear over time

• 
  acceptable; trustworthy

the problem in the story

• conflict

• resolution

• main idea

• setting

the central idea or message of a story

• infer

• narrarator

• plot

• theme

a brief statement of the main events of a story

• summary

• sequence

• climax

• personification

when the writer tries to convince you to do something

• persuasive

• fiction

• dialogue

• infer