ELA Academic Vocabulary

What type of feature is this: before, after, then, next

• sequence

• description

• chronological order

• main idea

The author's reason for composing the text Example: to give clues

• determine

• analyze

• purpose

• 3rd person

Text evidence is...

• how you cite

• how you quote

• clearly stated or shown in the text

• evidence from the text that supports your answer

A quote is...

• Sentence in the direct reference paragraph that provides the parenthetical citation

• in this type of quote, use quotation marks at the beginning of each paragraph and at the end of the final paragraph

• These punctuation marks always go on the outside of quotation marks

• When you use another person's exact or spoken words, you are using this type of quote.

A conclusion is..

• The final paragraph of an essay in which the thesis statement is restated.

• grabs the readers attention

• shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence

• a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

Structure is...

• a group of listeners or spectators

• a conclusion one can draw from the presented details

• a prominent attribute or aspect of something

• the way something is set up or organized

In poetry lines are known as...

• A row of words in a poem

• a group words

• a paragraph in a poem

• an entire poem

Tone is how...

• a story starts and ends

• the reader feels about the story

• the author feels

• things are the same and different in a story

A prefix is...

• traits a character has, example brave

• a state of excitement before the climax of a story

• the word part before the root word

• something interesting about a character

Mood is...

• words that have the same meaning

• A story about someone's life

• How the story grows and changes

• The way a reader feels about the story