ELA Words of Note - Semester 1 - Narrative

How an author chooses to tell about a passage or story

• Author's Point of View

• Writing Style

• Precise Language

• Theme

The use of a writer’s exact words without citing them

• Transition

• Plagiarize

• Compare

• Contrast

Exact, specific words

• Summarize

• Describe

• Precise Language

• Determine

The way a writer uses language to communicate their idea, their voice

• Theme

• Character Response

• Transition

• Writing Style

Words or phrases that connect ideas in writing

• Summarize

• Transition

• Precise Language

• Author's Point of View

Major events that make up a story

• Plot Events

• Theme

• Compare

• Contrast

How a character changes or reacts to plot events in a story

• Plot Events

• Summarize

• Character Response

• Theme

To find the similarities/sameness in texts or ideas

• Plagiarize

• Describe

• Contrast

• Compare

To find the differences in texts or ideas

• Contrast

• Precise Language

• Character Response

• Compare

To restate the most important information of a text in your own words

• Summarize

• Describe

• Plagiarize

• Determine