ELA Test Prep

The important idea or lesson repeated throughout the text.

• Plot

• Dictionary

• Theme

• Glossary

To look for differences

• Contrast

• Inference

• Compare

• Main idea

A person, place, or thing that acts as a subject of a sentence

• setting

• key detail

• character

• noun

The lesson or moral of a text. It may be about life, society, or human nature

• index

• central message

• title page

• key detail

To judge something (how good/effective/valuable is it?)

• summarize

• trace

• show

• evaluate

A writing that shows a person's view or judgement of an issue

• informative writing

• opinion writing

Give evidence for something with facts and examples.

• why

• describe

• support

• contrast

To look for similiarities

• Contrast

• Central Message

• Cause and effect

• Compare

Show, Explain, or Express

• trace

• why

• state

• compare

Describe something that fits the characteristics.

• Title

• relate

• Identify

• trace