ELA Academic Vocabulary

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

The claim is the statement of an argument

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

A memoir is a form of biographical narrative

Which is not a part of conventions

This word means to make something clearer or more accurate

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

Time and place of the action in a story

Any important person, event or idea

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

A_____ is the main reason an author writes a work

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

The speaker is the voice of the poem?

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

Multimedia are different forms of communication such as ________

Which words means recorded sound

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

Rewriting to improve and strengthen writing

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

A fantasy story contains elements that are found in real life

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

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

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

______ means to put information together to create a new understanding

Explicit details is information stated directly in a text

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

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

The central idea is the main idea of a text

_______ is the way in which something is presented or organized

_____ means to explain or understand the meaning of a work

_____ means to understand the meaning and importance of something

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

An autobiography tells the story of someone else’s life

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

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

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

The tone is the readers attitudes toward a subject or character

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

Style is the way in which the writer uses language

Which word means the outcome of a story

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

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

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

_____is information that supports an authors reasons

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

The ____ is the voice that tells the story

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

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

_____ is the perspective from which a story is told