ELA Common Core Reading Comprehension Practice

The time, place and mood of a story

• setting

• tone

• exposition

• characterization

The high point or the turning point of a story

• denouement

• rising action

• crisis

• climax

The place where the conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied up

• falling action

• exposition

• resolution

• crisis

The most important thing the author says about a topic

• Theme
• Central Idea
• Inference
• Text Evidence

Information used to support an opinion or belief- can be used to support an inference.

• Evidence
• Summary
• Detail
• Text

Making notes while reading

• Annotate
• Highlight
• Underline
• Summarize

What you know + what you read=
A reasonable guess

• Summary
• Evidence
• Central Idea
• Inference

A brief recount of the text including the central idea and most important supporting details

• Outline
• Summary
• Cornell Notes
• Objective

All the ways they are alike

• contrast

• evaluate

• compare

To break apart

• analyze

• evaluate

• formulate