ELA Vocabulary

Conversations between characters

• conversation

• talking

• dialogue

• monologue

To elaborate or expand in detail

• narrate

• developed

• enlarge

• detailed

One or two words that describes what a passage is about

• theme

• central idea

• supporting details

• topic

Objective

• what you are learning for the day

• to add opinions

• to add no opinions

• object of the lesson

The main point an author makes about a topic is called...

My teacher told me that I must provide information from the passage to support my answer. What is the term for the underline phrase?

• explain

• elaboration

• text evidence

• supporting details

Inference

• when you make an educated guess

• when you make a logical guess based on background knowledge

• when you make an illogical guess based on background knowledge

• when you make a guess based on what you think or feel about the text

Brief statement of the most import points of the passage

• summary

• theme

• synopsis

• central idea

_______________ is to show evidence or examples of the central idea.

A) elaboration B) text evidence C) details D) supporting details

What is it called when you provoke someone? Select all that apply.

• pacify

• antagonize

• appease

• annoy