ELA Review

What does the word compare mean?

• how things are different

• how things are similar

• the problem in the story

• the type of problem in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does the word inference mean?

• Putting together text evidence and what you know to figure out something the author did not tell you.

• Comparing things that are similar

• Knowledge that you already have as a reader

• A word that describes a noun

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Description

• supporting materials used to prove or disprove something

• a prefix or suffix

• a text structure that uses details to tell the main idea

• a text structure that uses order of events to tell the main idea.

Problem and Solution

• how things are alike

• what is wrong in the story

• a text structure that shows the main idea by describing.

• a text structure that tells the main idea by telling an issue and how to fix it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Text Structure

• a group of words that have a figurative meaning

• a prefix or suffix

• the way that non-fiction text is organized

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

First Person Point of View

• The narrator is a character in the story and provides personal thoughts and feelings.

• a text feature in non-fiction

• The narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator gives a broad look at the events in the story.

• text evidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Main Idea

• another word for background or prior knowledge

• the most important idea about a topic that a writer or speaker conveys

• the problem in a story

• rising action

cause and effect text structure

• the last sentence in a paragraph that summarizes information

• main idea

• the text structure that tells the main idea by telling what happened and why

• the text structure that tells the main idea by describing details.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Metaphor

• comparing to unlike things using like or as

• comparing to unlike things without using like or as

• repeating words or phrases in a poem

• a simile

theme

• when you are asked to give information from the text

• events that build up from the conflict leading towards the climax

• the conflict reaches a turning point

• the view, belief, or message that the author wants the reader to know