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ELA Academic Vocabulary Review
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the location where the story takes place
plot
setting
conflict
rising action
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A result of an event that happens
cause
context clues
effect
authors purpose
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What do context clues help you figure out about an unknown word?
part of speech
meaning
sound
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What is a prediction?
How the author feels about a topic.
Where the story takes place.
The ending part of a root word.
A guess of what will happen next in the story.
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A comparison between two things that uses “like” or “as”
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
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What is a word with the exact meaning as another word?
antonym
context clue
topic
synonym
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the character or voice who tells the events/story in a literarytext.
character
illustrator
author
narrator
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to give details about an event, character, or idea
conflict
describe
main idea
discuss
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What is the climax of a story?
similarities between two things
author's purpose
the introduction of the problem in a story
the highest point of action/problem
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Short paragraph that includes just the most important events of the plot in order
solution
cause
effect
summary
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Taking what you know and what the text says to make an informed decision about the text.
details
inference
solution
context clues
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What is an animal or person in a story called?
setting
plot
character
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state the similarities between two things or ideas
summarize
compare
simile
contrast
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What is the purpose of key details?
to capitalize the first letter of a sentence
to support the main idea
to tell the main idea
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The message or lesson the reader can learn from the story.
conflict
setting
plot
theme
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how writing/text is organized and put together
main idea
structure
text feature
subheading
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Evidence is an opinion about a text.
False
True
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a specific line or group of lines directly from text
rhyme
main idea
stanza
quotation
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when an author gives human characteristics to anonhuman thing
plot
paraphrase
structure
personification
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to quote a text
climax
clarify
conclude
cite
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What is the reason for writing/creating text?
author's purpose
background knowledge
challenges
central idea
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What is a writer's justification of his opinion?
recount
signal
quote
reason
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word for word, clear
fact
explicit
explanatory
detail
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a statement that can be proven true, a piece of evidence
opinion
fact
evidence
claim
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how a writer feels about a certain topic, situation, or statement
summary
fact
opinion
inference
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Fairy tale is a type of genre or literature
True
False
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Written in lines and stanzas; often has rhyming words; conveys meaning
non-fiction
poetry
fiction
drama
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What word means to examine in detail the structure or elements of a text?
acquire
annotate
argue
analyze
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What is a topic sentence?
Middle sentence of a paragraph that has text features.
First sentence of a paragraph that tells the main idea.
Middle sentence of a paragraph that tells the key details.
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Non-Fiction text explains facts about the subject or topic.
False
True
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What is a conflict?
a struggle between two ideas/forces/characters in a story.
conversation between characters
how the claim of a story is created
to draw a conclusion
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hints the author gives to help with a difficult word or phrase
central idea
context clue
conflict
contrast
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A story, article, or letter are all examples of ....
pictures
text
symbols
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meaning of a word/term
context clue
development
definition
describe
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A comparison between two things or objects that does not use “like” or “as”.
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
similie
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Where is a prefix added to a word?
beginning
end
middle
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Evidence or facts that prove the main idea.
effect
inference
supporting details
cause
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the perspective or feeling of the author about characters, ideas and details
challenges
conflict
author's point of view
author's purpose
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If you comprehend something you....
say it out loud
read it silently
understand it
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What are instructions from the author to the reader to help understand a play?
stage directions
text evidence
speaker
support
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parts of a story, specifically devices or techniques used to tell the story (plot, setting, characters, structure, etc.)
text structure
text feature
figurative language
story elements
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What is text structure?
How a text is set up, ordered and organized
The lesson or moral of a story
The attitude of the author
Parts of a story
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What are text features?
Most important point the author makes about the topic.
Least important point the author makes about the topic.
Charts, graphs, timelines, and heading that give information
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conversation between characters in a text
conflict
quotation
plot
dialogue
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the use of descriptive language to paint a picture for the reader
detail
genre
graphic
imagery
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To recount a story means to retell it?
True
False
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The events of the story in the order they happened.
setting
problem
plot
characters
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Text that is meant to explain or inform the reader about a topic.
Informational
Expository
Persuasive
Fiction
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Facts and details found in a text which support a claim or a statement
story elements
topic
text evidence
text feature
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What is the meaning of the word accurate?
relevant
exact or correct
a problem
a message
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What is a made-up story with a beginning, middle, and end that includes a problem and solution?
Non-fiction
Informational Text
Fiction
Expository Text
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What does the main idea mean?
What the text is mostly about
Charts, graphs, and and headings that give information.
The least important point the author makes about the topic.
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Bold print, italics, maps timelines, captions, photographs, table of contents, glossary, index
details
text features
inference
main idea
