ELA Academic Vocabulary

A memoir is a form of biographical narrative

______ means to put information together to create a new understanding

Which words means recorded sound

A true account of a person’s life written by another person

Multimedia are different forms of communication such as ________

Combining information from different sources and presenting it in a new way is _____

_____ means to understand the meaning and importance of something

_____ is a writing that expresses a position on an issue and supports it with evidence

___ is the way in which details are arranged in a piece of writing

_____ is the perspective from which a story is told

Media are various means of mass communication, such as television, radio magazines and internet

Style is the way in which the writer uses language

_____is information that supports an authors reasons

A summary is a brief restatement of the important details in a work

The speaker is the voice of the poem?

An autobiography tells the story of someone else’s life

Advanced electronic tolls, such as computers, scanners, printers and the internet

This is a type of category of literature, such as poetry, drama or fiction

The tone is the readers attitudes toward a subject or character

_______ is the way in which something is presented or organized

_____ is the degree to which a story, poem, drama or other work is difficult to understand

A fantasy story contains elements that are found in real life

This word means to make something clearer or more accurate

Any important person, event or idea

____ is the pressing of keys on a computer to enter text

Connotative meaning are feelings and emotions associated with a word or phrase (positive or negative)

_____ means to explain or understand the meaning of a work

Historical fiction is a type of story that is set in the past and that combines made up elements with real ones

____ is a sentence or sentences that provide a specific writing idea

The ____ is the voice that tells the story

Which word means a brief story that entertains or makes a point?

Textual evidence uses words or phrases in a text that support an analysis of the text

Which is not a part of conventions

An inquiry is looking for information to answer specific questions about a topic

Which word means the outcome of a story

_______ means to work with others to achieve a goal or goals

The claim is the statement of an argument

Rewriting to improve and strengthen writing

A series of episodes or events that move a story or drama foward

___ is a person who is the same age or has the same status as another person

The central idea is the main idea of a text

Climax is the high point in the action of the plot?

A_____ is the main reason an author writes a work

A logical guess based on details in the text and on personal experience is what

Explicit details is information stated directly in a text

A _____ is the struggle to which the main character must respond

The ___ is the central idea or insight into life that a story explores

Time and place of the action in a story

____ is made up of words or phrases that go beyond the literal meaning