7th GRADE ELA VOCABULARY

The main/ big idea of the whole work

• central idea

• genre

• theme

• subject

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Find important details that author uses to support central idea to write this

• lesson

• thesis

• objective summary

• formula

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

People or animals in a story

• actors

• author

• participants

• characters

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When the problem of the story is solved; the end

• resolution

• theme

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

These features gives the reader a clue about what information will be presented in each section of the text

• diagrams

• timelines

• introductions

• headings and subheadings

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

This text structure tells about something in detail

• description

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

This type of figurative language makes a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

To examine closely for explanation or interpretation

• analyze

• evaluate

• summarize

• study

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To analyze for the value of information

• analyze

• identify

• summarize

• evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Information presented to be read by the students

• text

• notes

• central idea

• papers

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D