ELA Academic Vocabulary (TNReady Review)

What graphic organizer would you use for a narrative writing prompt?

Use of figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, and allusions

A group of lines in poetry

People in a narrative text

Words that mean the same

A combination of words that has a different meaning than the literal meaning

When an actual character is telling a narrative story

Comparison of 2 unlike items that uses like or as

Available facts or information to prove a point to be valid or true

What graphic organizer would you use for an informative writing prompt?

A conclusion based on text evidence and your schema

How much time should you spend writing?

Info given in a play that tells what the characters are doing/how they should say their parts

A set of letters attached to the root words at the beginning

How the problem is solved in a narrative text

Hints an author gives to help define a difficult word or phrase

The result of a cause (happens after the cause)

A short saying of a general truth or piece of advice

Someone who is telling the story

A piece of writing usually written in lines or stanzas

How much time should you spend reading the text and planning?

A brief statement containing the main points of a text

a set of letters attached to a root word at the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix)

The comparison of 2 unlike items that does not use like or as

Stated in a clear manner leaving no room for confusion or doubt

What graphic organizer would you use for an opinion writing prompt?

A set of letters attached to the root word at the end

The point of a paragraph or text

Happens first; makes something happen

The problem and solution in the text

Words that help move thoughts to the next thought

How something is alike

Lesson you learn from a narrative text

Conversation between characters using correct punctuation like quotation marks & a speaker tag

Language that is attached to a specific region

How informational text is organized

Another word for problem in a story is..

time and place where a story takes place

How long do you have for the writing test?

A play

When someone outside of the story line is telling a narrative story

How something is not the same

What should you do if you get done early on ANY of the tests?

A reference source you go to in order to define a word

A reference source you go to in order to find synonyms or antonyms

Words that mean the opposite

Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

How much time should you spend revising and editing?