ELA Quiz for TCAP Review

an educated guess that involves using both background knowledge and text evidence

• inference

• theme

• central idea

• author's purpose

what the story is mainly about (main idea)

• narrative

• central idea

• theme

• topic

the lesson (or message or moral) of the story or article

• central idea

• inference

• theme

• summary

a brief statement or account of the main points of something

• central focus

• summary

• central idea

• analyze

what can a summary NOT have in it?

• facts

• opinions

• brief description

• important details

a summary must include the following:

• theme and central idea

• only the important details and opinions

• opinions and facts

• only the important details and facts

when a questions says an author illustrates, what do they mean by illustrate

• tells through opinions

• shows;paints a vivid picture

• draws a picture to go along with what they said

• gives an inference

examine methodically and in detail the structure of (something, especially information)

• read

• infer

• analyze

• informative writing

cite

• show text evidence

• to see

• where something is being built

• background knowledge

a type of writing where you are trying to get someone to believe the same way you do or do something you want them to do with only one view point

• narrative

• persuasive

• informative

• argumentative