B.E.S.T. ELA

A conclusion drawn from text evidence and known facts.

• Tone

• Inference

• Theme

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

 A written note, symbol, or mark close-readers add to a text to comment on or clarify information. 

• Annotation

• Inference

• Context Clue

• Central Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Refers to the category of a text based on the author’s purpose for writing (to inform, persuade, or entertain). 

• Context

• Genre

• Figurative Language

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The positive, negative, or neutral feeling communicated or suggested by a word.

• Inference

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Context Clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The situation within which something happens that can help explain it; for example, the ideas surrounding an unknown word.

• Theme

• Specialized Vocabulary

• Context

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

 Accurately saying something someone else has said or written using different words.

• Evidence

• Paraphrase

• Syntax

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The words an author chooses to use (can be connected to their purpose for writing.)

• Specialized Vocabulary

• Slippery Slope

• Syntax

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

Information you cite from another source to support and strengthen a claim, reason, or inference.

• Main Idea

• Thesis

• Evidence

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

 In an argument, the writer’s position on an issue or problem that must be proven or supported.

• Claim

• Graphic Feature

• Evidence

• Mood

The organizational pattern chosen to convey the central ideas of an informational text, such as cause & effect, compare & contrast, chronological order, etc.

• Rhetorical Devices

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inference

• Text Structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5