5th Grade ELA Vocabulary

A summary based on evidence or facts

• summarize

• conclusion

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

A description of an event that was not directly experienced by the author or person.

• inference

• firsthand account

• non-primary account
• secondhand account

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. (a guess)

• Inference

• Main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.8

What a piece of writing is mainly about.

• Main idea/Central Idea

• Compare and Contrast

• Inference

• Firsthand Account

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

When the main points follow a time pattern (first, next, last, steps)

• Summarize

• Chronological Order

• Metaphors

• Similes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.SL.5.4

CCSS.W.5.3C

Comparing two words or ideas using the word “like” or “as”

• answer

• metaphor

• simile

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Comparing two ideas without using “like” or “as”

• Metaphor
• Analogy
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Stating in your own words the central idea and important details

• conclusion

• inference

• guess

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

CCSS.W.5.8

A description from a personal observation or experience.

• first hand account

• second hand account

• inference

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.W.5.3A

How two things are the same or different.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• compare and contrast

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.9