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PA Core English Language Arts Academic Vocabulary
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What do you need to include in your ECR to connect all of your ideas to improve sentence-to-sentence connection?
Claims
Transitions
Synopsis
Text evidence
2
The main reason an author has for writing a text is called the... (ex: to explain, express, inform, or persuade)
Text Structure
Author's Purpose
Claim
Point of View
3
The lesson/message/ or moral of the story is the...
Theme
Main Idea
Lesson
Central Idea
4
Before any piece of textual evidence, what should you include?
Nothing
A phrase to introduce a quote: "She/he says, In paragraph 3, it states,"
I believe that...
The text states, "...."
5
What does the word ambivalent mean?
Neutral
Excited
Certain
Conflicted
6
Mood is how the AUDIENCE feels
False
True
7
The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points and restates the controlling idea/thesis statement
Beginning
Introduction
Exposition
Conclusion
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What is the sentence at the end of your introduction paragraph that answers the writing prompt?
Thesis statement
Transitional statement
Claim
Synopsis
9
A type of figurative language that gives inanimate (non-human) things human like qualities and characteristics
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
10
Your ECR should have 3-4 paragraphs: Introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
True
False
11
A view that someone takes on a certain issue based on a their background or personal judgement
Opinion/Perspective
Evidence
Fact
Inference
12
Theme is...
A summary of the story.
The lesson/moral of the story. (Universal message)
The main idea of the story
Where the story takes place (setting)
13
What should your introduction paragraph include?
Claim, evidence, and reasoning
Synopsis and thesis statement
Thesis statement and evidence
Author's name and title of the text
14
A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using
like
or
as
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
15
What should be included in your ECR as evidence to support your thesis?
Main Points
Textual Evidence
Inference
Opinion
16
The problem in the story that the character must resolve...
Climax
Plot
Resolution
Conflict
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Point of View that is told from the "you" perspective
2nd Person
1st Person
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
18
The person who tells a story
Narrator
Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
19
The main part of a word
Prefix
Suffix
Ending
Root
20
What is repetition?
The main idea
When an idea or word is repeated
A symbol in the text
Diction
21
Point of View that uses the pronouns I, me, my
2nd Person
3rd Person Limited
1st Person
3rd Person Omniscient
22
What is characterization?
The mood of the story
Where the story takes place
The attitude of the speaker
The development of a character by their words, thoughts, emotions, & looks
23
The solution to the problem or the end of the plot is called the...
Climax
Exposition
Introduction
Resolution
24
The plot of the story is the storyline: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
False
True
25
An educated guess based on evidence in a text and what you already know
Opinion
Fact
Evidence
Inference
26
Tone is...
The author's emotions and attitude
The author's problem
The setting
The atmosphere of the story
27
When and where a story takes place
Theme
Plot
Setting
Resolution
28
Diction is when an author uses very specific words to convey a certain message or feeling
False
True
29
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words
like
or
as
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
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What acronym can we remember for characterization?
AAAWWUUBBIISS
FANBOYS
STEAL
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