ELA NY Test Prep

To look for similiarities

• Contrast

• Central Message

• Cause and effect

• Compare

Imaginary stories that are entertaining.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

A short description of something that was said or written, it contains the main idea.

• summarize

• characters

• punctuation

• fiction text

The lesson or moral of a text. It may be about life, society, or human nature

• index

• central message

• title page

• key detail

A person in a story

• setting

• plot

• central message

• character

A writing that shows a person's view or judgement of an issue

• informative writing

• opinion writing

A person, place, or thing that acts as a subject of a sentence

• setting

• key detail

• character

• noun

This gives the actions in a text. (Rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.)

• characters

• setting

• plot

• central message

To look for differences

• Contrast

• Inference

• Compare

• Main idea

A position or perspective from the author or narrator

• point of view

• source

• phrase