ELA Test Vocabulary

How a character thinks, act, or feels

• plot

• character's attitudes

• setting

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

the reason for a character's actions

• character's motivation

• character's traits

• plot

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the problem in the story

• summary

• anecdote

• solution

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the sequence of events that take place in the story

• tone

• plot

• text structure

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

brief story about an interesting, funny, or interesting event

• tone

• anecdote

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

an educated guess based on what you know and what you read

• supporting details

• summary

• inference

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a brief re-telling of a text in your own words

• summary

• figurative meanings

• mood

• claim

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

facts, examples, or descriptions that back up the central idea

• cause and effect

• resolution

• supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

what the text is mostly about

• foreshadow

• central idea

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

how the problem is resolved in the story

• conflict

• theme

• compare

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D