English Language Arts Concepts

main idea, central idea, supporting detail, text evidence, summary, introduction, conclusion, paragraph, sequence, chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution

author’s purpose, inform, explain, persuade, entertain, point of view, perspective, bias, opinion, fact

heading, subheading, caption, photograph, diagram, chart, graph, map, table, bold print, glossary, index

claim, evidence, explanation, inference, context clues, technical vocabulary, domain-specific words, key terms

analyze, summarize, paraphrase, interpret, cite (text evidence), conclude, explain, identify, evaluate

article, biography, autobiography, memoir, essay, informational text, primary source, secondary source