ELA Must Know Academic Vocab.

Main idea is what the story is mostly about

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the message the author wants us to learn from the story from the character's thoughts, words, and actions

• main idea

• theme

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

how the story is told

• text structure

• tone

• point of view

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

how the passage is written/organized

• text structure

• tone

• main idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

mood is the feeling the reader gets when they read the text

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the author's attitude towards charactersof events in a story (serious, funny, sad)

• tone

• mood

• figurative language

• main idea

descriptive language; authors use a word or phrase that does not have its literal meaning

• mood

• figurative language

• tone

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a simile is a phrase that uses like or as when comparing two things

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a phrase that DOES NOT use like or as when comparing two things

• simile

• synonym

• metaphor

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

category of writing

• metaphor

• simile

• antonym

• genre

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D