ELA LEAP Vocabulary

The main focus of the text

• Theme

• Main Idea

• Central Idea

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The overall universal truth that is found in a piece of fictional literature.

• Theme

• Main Idea

• Central Idea

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A brief statement of the main points of a text.

• Theme

• Main Idea

• Central Idea

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A particular attitude toward something.

• Perspective

• Mood

• Attitude

• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The reason an author writes.

• Perspective

• Author's Purpose

• Mood

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The author's attitude towards a certain topic that is conveyed through the writer's word choice.

• Mood

• Author's Purpose

• Connotation

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The overall emotion created by a writer.

• Tone

• Author's Purpose

• Mood

• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Conversation between two characters within a story.

• Tone

• Mood

• Monologue

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The series of events that happen in a story.

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Plot

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A statement that that can be proven as true.

• Evidence

• Claim

• Inference

• Statement