F.A.S.T. ELA Review

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

• Theme

• Specialized Vocabulary

• Context

• Ethos

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

• Evidence

• Paraphrase

• Syntax

• Claim

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

• Specialized Vocabulary

• Slippery Slope

• Syntax

• Diction

The way an author chooses to arrange words, form sentences, and use grammar

• Syntax

• Diction

• Inductive Reasoning

• Context

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

• Main Idea

• Thesis

• Evidence

• Claim

 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

The atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader through description, especially about the setting. 

• Fable

• Theme

• Mood

• Tone

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

"As fast as cheetah" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Rhyme