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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• irony

• text features

• summary

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

• argument

• cite

• explicit

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• tone

• explicit

• cite

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

directly stated

• implicit

• explicit

• evaluate

• claim

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• explicit

• argument

• implicit

• reasoning

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a conclusion logically drawn from presented information

• argument

• cite

• conflicting evidence

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• central (main) idea

• author's perspective

• logical reasoning

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

• claim

• implicit

• tone

• thesis