ELA Vocabulary

clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• inference/infer

• foreshadow

• context clues

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a division or type of literature (categories for books)

• genre

• conflict

• free verse

• procedural

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a conversation between two people

• convey

• inference/infer

• personification

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

comparison without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

• free verse

• rhyme scheme

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

instructions for actors & stage crew, written in italics

• author's purpose

• convey

• stage directions

• procedural

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

where and when the story takes place

• theme

• setting

• conflict

• origin

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

the problem in the story

• plot

• conflict

• resolution

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

finding the solution to a problem

• conflict

• apologizing

• procedural

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

what a piece of writing is mainly about

• theme

• plot

• summary

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D