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.11-12.5

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.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

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.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

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.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a conclusion logically drawn from presented information

• argument

• cite

• conflicting evidence

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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