ELA Common Core Vocabulary

...books, magazines, encyclopedia articles, websites that are used to create a text

support for an author's position using logical reasoning and persuasion 

sentence made up of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Preconceived and often unfair feeling an author has for or against something.

letters added to beginnings or endings of root words to change meaning

words that have opposite meanings 

text that explains a photo or graph 

terms used specifically in math, social studies, or science

sentence that has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent. 

non-fiction often found in newspapers or magazines 

writing to inform, entertain, or persuade 

 A comment made to the audience by a character but other characters do not hear.

text organized in order or sequence 

to compare and contrast two text or examine closely

a genre of writing that takes place current day

a true story of a person's life written by someone else 

a short poem that tells a story and has a refrain that repeats

reference made to another work (examples: mythology or biblical) 

a type of language that was used in the past 

sentence made up of two independent clauses 

list of performers in a play