GMA Key Term Vocabulary

The events in the beginning, middle and end of the story

• Summarize
• Setting
• Plot
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

Events and their outcomes

• cause and effect
• point of view
• textual evidence
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The opinion or perspective of the author on a specific topic

• figurative langage
• textual evidence
• cause and effect
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

The lesson or message

• theme
• plot
• settting
• summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

To give the main events of a story in the order in which they happen

• plot
• theme
• setting
  compare and contrast
• summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Language where you must distinguish between literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases

• figurative language
• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• textual evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

When and where a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or location

• theme
• summarize
• setting
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Supporting you opinion with facts, opinions of experts, quotations, statistics, and definitions from the passage

• summarize
• theme
• cause and effect
• textual evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Pieces of writing that inform or explain something to the reader

• cause and effect
• compare and contrast
• informational/expository texts
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Analyzing two things such as characters or stories in relation to each other and analyzing the differences between things

• figurative language
• compare and contrast
• textual evidence
• information/expository texts

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D