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WorksheetsELA TERMS
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What the passage or text is mainly about
central idea
key detail
anecdote
supports the central idea in an important way. Authors elaborate using examples or anecdotes.
key detail
anecdote
short story
Anecdote
Short Story
inference
anecdote
Use your prior knowledge on the subject and information gained in your reading to draw an conclusion.
Inference
figurative language
analysis of text
Detailed examination of text to decide what it means: word choice, character development, and plot.
analysis of text
figurative language
connotative meaning
Words that may not literally mean what they say
figurative language
connotative meaning
denotative meaning
Meanings that suggests something other than the literal meaning; figure of speech; Meaning in context
connotative meaning
denotative meaning
Dictionary meaning
Dictionary meaning
denotative meaning
metaphor
alliteration
metaphor
When you compare ideas without using the words "like" or "as"
Repetition of a single consonant letter in the alphabet ("Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.")
Sound words: Ex: sizzling, slithered
alliteration
Repetition of a single consonant letter in the alphabet ("Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.")
Sound words: Ex: sizzling, slithered
Speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions
Sound words: Ex: sizzling, slithered
onomatopoeia
personification
Speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions
Great exaggeration used to emphasize a point
hyperbole
idiom
author's purpose
Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain (PIE)
author's purpose
mood
idiom
mood
Groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words. Ex. "Put a lid on it." "Couch Potato"
Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain (PIE)
hello
What makes something happen
cause
Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain (PIE)
effect
