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ELA Critical Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of explicit text evidence?

a)

implied;not clearly stated from the text.

b)

to read between the lines

c)

exactly from the text

d)

break something down into its parts

2.

decide; deduce; choose

a)

identify

b)

determine

c)

cite

d)

analyze

3.

Identify means________________

a)

find; point out

b)

sum up

c)

elaborate

d)

prove

4.

What is the meaning of implicit text evidence?

a)

read between the lines

b)

prove

c)

break something into its parts

d)

implied; not clearly stated

5.

When you infer you_______________

a)

find; point out

b)

sum up

c)

state exactly from the text

d)

read between the lines

6.

How would you explain 1st person pov?

a)

The narrator is all knowing and all seeing.

b)

The story is told from the narrator's point of view using I or me.

c)

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character using they, he or she.

d)

A viewpoint; how the character perceives what is happening in the story.

7.

Which word is a synonym for the word elaborate?

a)

support

b)

develop

c)

determine

d)

identify

8.

When you summarize, you _______________

a)

find; point out

b)

prove

c)

elaborate

d)

sum up

9.

to take or pull out information

a)

suggest

b)

mood

c)

interpret

d)

draw

10.

Analyze means to _______________

a)

break something down into its parts

b)

explain the meaning of

c)

take or pull out information

d)

put forth; to say

11.

The narrator is all knowing and all seeing

a)

first person pov

b)

third person omniscient pov

c)

second person pov

d)

third person limited pov

12.

Author's attitude

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

setting

d)

point of view

13.

To express clearly

a)

articulate

b)

syntax

c)

distinguish

d)

mood

14.

Most important point the author makes

a)

thesis

b)

central idea

c)

resolution

d)

key details

15.

A unified idea, message; the big idea

a)

structure

b)

evidence

c)

connection

d)

theme

16.

Having an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting over any other.

a)

credibility

b)

bias

c)

validity

d)

relevance

17.

How the author makes the reader feel

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

suggest

d)

interpret

18.

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character using they, he or she.

a)

second person pov

b)

third person limited pov

c)

first person pov

d)

third person omniscient pov

19.

How the character perceives what is happening in the story.

a)

perspective

b)

point of view

c)

develop

d)

summarize

20.

The believeability or trustworthiness of a source and the information it provides

a)

validity

b)

categorize

c)

dialogue

d)

credibility

21.

The action of solving a problem

a)

conflict

b)

resolution

c)

allusion

d)

author's purpose

22.

To put in your own words

a)

summarize

b)

describe

c)

identify

d)

paraphrase

23.

A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play or movie

a)

resolution

b)

analogies

c)

dialogue

d)

categorize

24.

How do you know that information is relevant?

a)

It is based on attitude or opinion.

b)

It is trustworthy or believeable.

c)

It is closely connected to the topic.

d)

It is written in your own words.

25.

How would you define point of view?

a)

the vantage point from which a story is told

b)

the narrator tells the story.

c)

the author writes to entertain, persuade, or inform

d)

the reader can connect to the text