ELA Academic Vocabulary Review

Tools an author uses to construct a story; the way a story is put together

• text structures

• relevant

• author's purpose

• paraphrase

Structures of a book, especially nonfiction; examples include headings, table of contents, glossary

• irony

• text features

• summary

• claim

a type of oral or written communication that develops or debates a topic in a logical or persuasive way

• argument

• cite

• explicit

• analyze

to specifically state the exact words, phrases, etc. of a text

• tone

• explicit

• cite

• inference

directly stated

• implicit

• explicit

• evaluate

• claim

information that is not directly stated in which an inference must be made

• explicit

• argument

• implicit

• reasoning

a conclusion logically drawn from presented information

• argument

• cite

• conflicting evidence

• inference

to break material down into its constituent parts and determine how the parts relate to one another and to the overall structure or purpose of the text(s)

• analyze

• main idea

• evidence

• author's purpose

the chief topic or a passage expressed or implied in a word or phrase

• central (main) idea

• author's perspective

• logical reasoning

• tone

the author's attitude reflected in the style of the written word

• claim

• implicit

• tone

• thesis