Precision Group - ELA Vocabulary

A comparison between two items based on a similar characteristic or feature

• analyze

• analogy

• main idea

• contrast

Underlying message the author is trying to teach you. A life lesson.

• infer

• persuade

• cite

• theme

Giving credit to the original author or text.

• cite

• compare

• contrast

• infer

To make a well informed guess.

• persuade

• infer

• main idea

• theme

Identify similarities between two or more things.

• analyze

• compare

• contrast

• analogy

Identify differences between two or more things.

• cite

• compare

• contrast

• infer

To study something closely and carefully.

• cite

• persuade

• theme

• analyze

Cause someone to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons.

• topic

• persuade

• theme

• analyze

What the article or passage is about. Usually 1 to 3 words.

• topic

• infer

• main idea

• persuade

What the text is mainly about. Can usually be summed up in one sentence.

• cite

• theme

• main idea

• compare