Comparing Theme Vocabulary

to tell how things are alike

• compare

• contrast

to tell how things are different

• compare

• contrast

a type of literature that describes the adventures of beings with more than human powers that attempts to explain mysterious events

• myth

• legend

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9A

TEKS.ELA.5.9A

TEKS.ELA.6.9A

TEKS.ELA.7.9A

a story that might not be true but is handed down from generations and accepted as historical

• myth

• legend

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9A

TEKS.ELA.5.9A

TEKS.ELA.6.9A

TEKS.ELA.7.9A

the moral or lesson of a story

• main idea

• theme

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.8A

TEKS.ELA.3.8A

TEKS.ELA.4.8A

TEKS.ELA.5.8A

TEKS.ELA.6.7A

stories passed down through many generations by word of mouth Fairy Tales are examples

• traditional literature

• theme

paraphrase

• to reword in a shorter form something that was written

• myth

• conflict

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9A

TEKS.ELA.5.9A

TEKS.ELA.6.9A

TEKS.ELA.7.9A

main idea

• moral or lesson of a story

• what a piece of writing is mainly talking about

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

evidence

• main idea

• information that supports a claim

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TEKS.ELA.2.7C

TEKS.ELA.3.7C

TEKS.ELA.4.7C

TEKS.ELA.5.7C

TEKS.ELA.6.6I