Big Ol' ELA Review

"There was no _____________ in the story. All the characters got along & there was no tension."

To provide reasoning or support for a claim...

The __________ is the character or voice that tells a story.

Another word for any piece of writing is...

When you use your own words to express what another author has said, you are

In the pictured concept map, the arrows show the ____________________ between ideas.

When doing research, use trustworthy and __________ sources that you can believe are accurate.

A 5 year old narrator will have a different ____________ than an 80 year old narrator.

Words that help make connections between sentences and ideas in a text are called...

Accurate information is...

The story line or sequence of events in a novel, play, or other story.

A good _________ provides a shortened description of a text's main ideas using your own words.

In this type of text, writer's purpose is to help the reader understand a concept or procedure.

When you try to pass off another author's words as your own, you are...

Include is the _________ of exclude.

Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, and Pro/Con are all different types of...

Conversation between characters (like the one in the scene) is called...

A baby panda was born today. This is __________ to Eric's decision to wear a coat.

A character's reason for doing something is called a ___________.

When you make an inference, you use _____ from the text+your own knowledge to draw a conclusion

A sentence that starts with “In conclusion” would provide an essay with _______________.

Counter- (as in counterclaim) and contra- (as in contradict) both mean

Arnold wrote the article while thinking about his ______, the other 8th graders who‘d read it.

It is cold in Colorado today. This is __________ to Eric's decision to wear a coat.

The movie Black Panther mainly takes place in Wakanda. Wakanda is its ___________.

Information that is important to the situation or subject is also known as _______ information.

Which sentence does NOT contain an error in grammar usage?

To figure out a word's meaning, look for ______ clues (the info that surrounds it in the text).

Info for Morty's research paper came from different ______- books,articles &reliable websites

An author should use _________________ to support a claim.

In an argumentative text, this is a statement that the author is trying to prove.

Inclusion and exclusion are...

The author’s main point or message about the topic of a text...

Penny is carefully studying a text to learn about its parts & how they relate. This is a/an...

A text that tells a story by presenting events in an orderly sequence is _______________.

Info that is NOT important to the situation or subject is also known as _______ information.

This type of text gives evidence to support an author's position on a topic.

Porkchop and Ren are both dogs, but Ren can talk while Porkchop can only bark. This is a/an

When the plot of a story makes sense from beginning to middle to end, it has a/an ____________.

Each grouped set of lines in a poem is called a/an ___________.