ELA Academic Vocabulary (TNReady Review)

Question 1

Conversation between characters using correct punctuation like quotation marks & a speaker tag

Accepted Answer

Dialogue

Question 2

How much time should you spend writing?

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30 minutes

Question 3

a set of letters attached to a root word at the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix)

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Affixes

Question 4

Another word for problem in a story is..

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Conflict

Question 5

A set of letters attached to the root words at the beginning

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Prefix

Question 6

Available facts or information to prove a point to be valid or true

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Evidence

Question 7

When an actual character is telling a narrative story

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1st person point of view

Question 8

What graphic organizer would you use for an opinion writing prompt?

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OREO, I-Map

Question 9

How something is not the same

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Difference

Question 10

A conclusion based on text evidence and your schema

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Inference

Question 11

Words that mean the same

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Synonym

Question 12

People in a narrative text

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Characters

Question 13

Language that is attached to a specific region

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Dialect

Question 14

A piece of writing usually written in lines or stanzas

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Poem

Question 15

Someone who is telling the story

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Narrator

Question 16

Hints an author gives to help define a difficult word or phrase

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Context Clues

Question 17

How long do you have for the writing test?

Accepted Answer

75 minutes

Question 18

Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

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Homograph

Question 19

How much time should you spend reading the text and planning?

Accepted Answer

30 minutes

Question 20

A short saying of a general truth or piece of advice

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Proverb

Question 21

The result of a cause (happens after the cause)

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Effect

Question 22

What graphic organizer would you use for a narrative writing prompt?

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Narrative Diamond

Question 23

A reference source you go to in order to define a word

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Dictionary

Question 24

The point of a paragraph or text

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Main Idea

Question 25

A set of letters attached to the root word at the end

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Suffix

Question 26

How much time should you spend revising and editing?

Accepted Answer

15 minutes

Question 27

Words that mean the opposite

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Antonyms

Question 28

What should you do if you get done early on ANY of the tests?

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Check over your writing, Add more detail to your writing, Read the texts again, Check your answers

Question 29

A group of lines in poetry

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Stanza

Question 30

A reference source you go to in order to find synonyms or antonyms

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Thesaurus

Question 31

How the problem is solved in a narrative text

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Resolution

Question 32

How informational text is organized

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Text Structure

Question 33

A brief statement containing the main points of a text

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Summary

Question 34

The comparison of 2 unlike items that does not use like or as

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Metaphor

Question 35

Comparison of 2 unlike items that uses like or as

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Simile

Question 36

When someone outside of the story line is telling a narrative story

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3rd person point of view

Question 37

A combination of words that has a different meaning than the literal meaning

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Idiom

Question 38

Words that help move thoughts to the next thought

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Transition Words

Question 39

Lesson you learn from a narrative text

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Theme

Question 40

A play

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Drama

Question 41

What graphic organizer would you use for an informative writing prompt?

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I-Map

Question 42

Happens first; makes something happen

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Cause

Question 43

Use of figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, and allusions

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Figurative Language

Question 44

time and place where a story takes place

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Setting

Question 45

Stated in a clear manner leaving no room for confusion or doubt

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Explicitly

Question 46

Info given in a play that tells what the characters are doing/how they should say their parts

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Stage Directions

Question 47

The problem and solution in the text

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Plot

Question 48

How something is alike

Accepted Answer

Similarity

ELA Academic Vocabulary (TNReady Review)

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ELA Academic Vocabulary (TNReady Review)

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