ELA Test Vocabulary

Informational Text

• Explains or informs

• Argues a claim

• Describes a subject or activity

• Tells a story

This means to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage. It is an educated guess based on the facs presented.

• Conference

• Inference

• Relevance

• Explicit

This is the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage. It is also known as the main idea, thesis, or theme.

• connotative meaning

• interaction

• organizaton

• central idea

This is an overview of a passage. It captures the main points but does NOT give every detail and does not include opinions.

• Figurative meaning

• informational text

• Objective summary

• technical meaning

A statement that can be proven

• fact

• tone

• idea

• opinion

a statement that cannot be proven, it states the author's belief or judgment about something.

• tone

• fact

• opinion

• idea

In a text, it refers to how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events.

• interaction

• opinions

• inference

• objective summary

The way in which a passage is structured. Each sentence, paragraph, or chapter fits into the overall structure of a passage and contributes to the development of ideas.

• Claim

• Organization

• point of view

• purpose

Chronological Order/Sequence, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Order of Importance, Problem and Solution

(THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE ANSWERS)

• Text Structures

• Organizational Structures

• Interactions

• Central Idea

Chronological Order or Sequence of Events

• one thing causes another

• most important to least important

• identifies a prolem and presents a solution

• the order in which a series of events happened