ELA Terms to Know

The theme of a story or text is...

• the lesson or message

• the main idea

• the tone

• the plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To summarize a passage, you...

• make it longer

• make it shorter

• analyze it

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

When you compare two characters, you...

• tell how they interact

• tell how they are different

• tell how they are similar

• describe their personalities

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When you contrast two characters, you...

• tell how they interact

• tell how they are different

• tell how they are similar

• describe their personalities

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the setting of a story?

• the main idea

• the lesson to learn

• the time period the author was born in

• the time and place the story is set in

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When you draw inferences from a text, you...

• Picture the scene

• Doodle on your notebook

• Look for clues in the text

• Guess what will happen next

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

When you analyze how characters interact, what should you focus on?

• what each character thinks

• what each character feels

• what each character says to each other

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

the opposite of literal language:

• unliteral language

• figurative language

• bilingual

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How can you find a simile?

• it rhymes

• it is funny

• it uses like or as to compare two things

• it gives human qualities to animals

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the figurative language used to give animals and objects human qualities?

• personification

• humanization

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A