PARCC ELA Academic Vocabulary Terms

A comparison using “like” or “as”.

Give a detailed account including reasons.

The key point made in a written passage; the chief topic. Also known as the main idea.

A summary based on evidence or facts.

A comparison between two things.

Give the beginning, middle, and end ideas of the passage. 

A restatement of a text or passage in other words.

A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.

Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea.

Examine and judge carefully. 

A group of lines in a poem.

All the ways they are alike.

To put in order, graphic organizer, or chronological order.

How the reader feels about the text while reading.

Repetition of initial consonant sounds. A literary device. 

Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure

To go back to the passage and find evidence.

Identifying a part of a piece of written as being derived from a source.

To tell all about in detail; give a picture using words.

To find evidence in a passage to prove your answer.

Able to express something well in words. 

In literature, the perspective from which a story is told.

Finding proof to support your answer.

The reason that an author writes a piece. 

Difference between things.