ELA Academic Vocabulary #1

The available body of facts or information INDICATING whether a belief or claim is TRUE or VALID

• evidence

• thesis statement

• argument

• central idea

Literature in the form of prose that describe IMAGINARY events and people

• plot/events

• setting

• characters

• fiction

THE main idea, opinion, CLAIM, or theory a speaker/writer is TRYING TO PROVE

• evidence

• thesis statement

• central idea

• argument

PERSON (or other being) in a novel, play, or movie

• fiction

• characters

• setting

• plot/events

a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of PERSUADING others that an action or idea is true or valid

• evidence

• thesis statement

• argument

• central idea

PLACE or type of surrounding where something is positioned

• fiction

• characters

• setting

• plot/events

unifying elements of the story; what the text is mostly about

• evidence

• thesis statement

• argument

• central idea

main ACTIONS of a play, novel, or movie

• fiction

• characters

• setting

• plot/events

writing based on FACTS, REAL events, and real people

• evidence

• informational/non-fiction

• thesis statement

• central idea

universal LIFE LESSON; the MESSAGE about life; subject of a talk, a piece of writing, or a person's thoughts

• language

• theme

• characters

• setting