Vocabulary for FSA ELA

What two things does a setting describe?

Denotation means the same thing as ***.

This is text evidence that is directly stated.

You can use context clues to better understand unfamiliar words in both fiction and nonfiction.

What is the subject or the big idea of a piece of writing?

What is a brief account or review of something called?

The structure of a piece of writing doesn't affect its meaning much.

Words that imitate sounds are examples of ***.

What is the text around a word called that helps a reader understand the meaning?

An author's perspective refers to his/her ***.

Compare and contrast means to look at ***.

An analogy compares two or more sets of things that have nothing in common.

This structure organizes events by when they happened.

Would you use a dictionary or a thesaurus to find another word for "care"?

What type of figurative language is: "Our old house groaned and whined during the hurricane."

Theme can't be determined by looking at the details.

A text that is factual and we can learn from is ***.

The part of the story where the main character puts his plan in place.

The plan of a story is called ***.

The feelings or emotions associated with a word are called ***.

What is a comparison called that used "like" or "as"?

Which of the following is not always a part of a dictionary entry?

You can use context clues to figure out the meaning of words but not phrases.

When you have to figure out what the author is suggesting from the text, this is called an ***.

Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration that is often used for ***.

Different kinds of literature are divided into ***.

The main character, the problem, and the setting are established in the ***.

Tone is the way an author creates an attitude or mood in a piece of writing.

What is the figure of speech where something that isn't human has human qualities?

Words that mean the same are called ***.