ELA Vocabulary Words

Question 1

lesson, message or moral the author is trying to teach you

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theme

Question 2

The narrator is outside the story

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3rd Person POV

Question 3

The order in which an event occurs

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Chronology

Question 4

The author tells what happened and why it happened

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cause/effect

Question 5

A group of complete sentences/how a story is organized

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paragraphs

Question 6

What the story is mostly about

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main idea

Question 7

Putting what you know with what you read

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Inference

Question 8

The narrator is a character in the story

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1st Person POV

Question 9

A shortened version of a story told in your own words

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Summary

Question 10

Who is telling the story

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Point of View

Question 11

The author experienced the events that he/she is telling about

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1st hand Account

Question 12

The author did not experience the events, but instead researched

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2nd hand Account

Question 13

The words the characters speak or say in a story

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Dialogue

Question 14

The author tells how two or more things are alike and different

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Comparison

Question 15

Visuals that explain or provide more details in an informational text

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text features

Question 16

A text made up of verses and stanzas

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poem

Question 17

A description of the characters based on their thoughts, feelings and actions

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character traits

Question 18

Details that support the main idea

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Key Details

Question 19

The author tells about an issue then explains how the issue is resolved

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Problem/Solution

Question 20

Story

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Prose

Question 21

A group of lines/verses

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stanza

Question 22

Play

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Drama

Question 23

When and where the story takes place

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setting

ELA Vocabulary Words

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ELA Vocabulary Words

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