ELA Guaranteed Vocab

the person, place, or thing that the sentence is about

• detail

• subject

• fact

• topic

the main idea or message that a writer explores in a story

• imperative

• draft

• theme

• greeting

The first paragraph that starts your writing...

• introduction

• conclusion

• body

• ending

What does it mean to research?

• choosing a topic for your writing

• looking up information about a specific topic

Crafting your writing to improve the quality and clarity (add, remove, move, substitute)

• dialogue

• introduction

• revise

• publish

Words that provide connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs is...

• transitional words

• introduction

• noun

• verb

The meaning of a word is....

• facts

• definition

• literal words

• color

the act of retelling main ideas of a text in a shorter version, using your own words

• body paragraph

• summarize

• subject

• noun

words, phrases, or statements that explain, define, or support the main idea of a piece of writing

• an alphabetical list of words with definitions found in the back of a book

• a nonfiction book that gives information about a specific subject

• traits you can't see but describes a person

• supporting details

a version of something (such as a writing piece) that you make before you make the final version.

• draft

• dictionary

• plot

• text