B.E.S.T. ELA

A conclusion drawn from text evidence and known facts.

• Tone

• Inference

• Theme

• Mood

 A written note, symbol, or mark close-readers add to a text to comment on or clarify information. 

• Annotation

• Inference

• Context Clue

• Central Idea

Refers to the category of a text based on the author’s purpose for writing (to inform, persuade, or entertain). 

• Context

• Genre

• Figurative Language

• Onomatopoeia

The positive, negative, or neutral feeling communicated or suggested by a word.

• Inference

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Context Clues

The situation within which something happens that can help explain it; for example, the ideas surrounding an unknown word.

• Theme

• Specialized Vocabulary

• Context

• Ethos

 Accurately saying something someone else has said or written using different words.

• Evidence

• Paraphrase

• Syntax

• Claim

The words an author chooses to use (can be connected to their purpose for writing.)

• Specialized Vocabulary

• Slippery Slope

• Syntax

• Diction

Information you cite from another source to support and strengthen a claim, reason, or inference.

• Main Idea

• Thesis

• Evidence

• Claim

 In an argument, the writer’s position on an issue or problem that must be proven or supported.

• Claim

• Graphic Feature

• Evidence

• Mood

The organizational pattern chosen to convey the central ideas of an informational text, such as cause & effect, compare & contrast, chronological order, etc.

• Rhetorical Devices

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inference

• Text Structure