ELA Vocabulary!

Words taken directly from the text to support an idea.

• Evidence
• Prediction
• Genre
• Text

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

A conclusion (educated guess) made by combining EVIDENCE (clues from the text) with what you know about the world (background knowledge)

• Inference
• central message
• Element
• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

The lesson the author wants the reader to learn about life and/or the world.

• Theme
• Topic
• Explanation
• Character traits

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

the most important point of a text or section of text

• Central Idea
• excerpt
• Fiction
• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

A brief retelling of the major events, individuals, and ideas in a text or section of text.

• Summary
• excerpt
• Dialogue
• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Specific details that give more information about a central idea, summary, character, etc.

• Supporting Details
• Dialogue
• Compare
• Prediction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

The sequence of events that occur in a narrative (story).

• Plot
• Prediction
• excerpt
• Central Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Hints provided to assist readers in predicting what will happen next.

• Foreshadow
• Plot
• Inference
• Character traits

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

the feeling or attitude a text gives; expressed through word choice

• Tone
• Author's Purpose
• Argument
• central message

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The character telling the story.

• Narrator
• Nonfiction
• Prediction
• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3