Academic ELA Vocabulary

Analyze

• Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.

• To summarize the main points of a text.

• To ignore the details and focus on the overall message.

• To evaluate the effectiveness of a solution.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Evaluate

• Examine and judge carefully.

• Make a quick decision.

• Ignore the details.

• Accept without question.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Predict

• To say what will happen before it occurs.

• To describe something that has already happened.

• To guess without any evidence.

• To analyze data and draw conclusions.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Supporting Detail

• Information that reinforces the topic sentence or main idea of a paragraph.

• A statement that contradicts the main idea of a paragraph.

• An unrelated fact that adds length to a paragraph.

• A summary of the paragraph's conclusion.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Main Idea

• The main character's journey

• What the passage is mostly about.

• The author's writing style

• The historical context of the passage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Simile

• A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as').

• A comparison between two unrelated things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of metaphor that exaggerates for effect.

• A phrase that describes something in a literal sense.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify

• To recognize or point out something

• To give the name or identifying characteristics of.

• To describe in detail

• To classify into categories

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Allusion

• A direct quote from a famous author.

• A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize.

• A type of metaphor used in poetry.

• A character's internal conflict in a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Point-of-View

• The perspective from which a story is told, usually 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

• The main character's thoughts and feelings throughout the story.

• The setting and time period in which the story takes place.

• The sequence of events that make up the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Metaphor

• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as.

• A type of analogy that uses 'like' or 'as'.

• A statement that contradicts itself but reveals a truth.

• A rhetorical device that exaggerates for emphasis.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D