A Standardized Testing ELA terms

Something that helps the reader better understand the main idea.

To quote the text specifically

To make clear or understandable to others

To break down into parts to determine meaning

A part of a text

The first sentence of an essay that grabs the readers attention

To make a judgement about

Noting individual characteristics or features of something

To tell about the main idea and major supporting details of a text

Formal term for telling a story

The author's attitude toward the subject

Typically a 4-5 paragraph piece of writing

Establishing your stance on a topic

What you use in a piece of writing to help "prove" your ideas are correct

The first sentence of a paragraph that tells what the rest of the paragraph will be about

Comparing two things using like or as

The writer's position on a topic

Comparing two things not using "like" or "as"

A group of lines in a poem

Giving human characteristics to non human objects

Examine likenesses and differences between two things

The most important idea of a text or section of a text

To come to a reasonable conclusion using clues the author provides

The last sentence of an intro that tells what the rest of the essay will be about

The message about life the author is trying to convey through a piece of writing

Hyperbole, personification, simile, metaphor

The "feeling" the story gives you by the word the author chooses