WorksheetsStandard 1-4 Academic Vocab Review ELA
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What does it mean to compare something?
To tell how something is different
To tell how something is creative
To tell how something is alike
To tell how something is interesting
What does it mean to contrast something?
To tell how something is different
To tell how something is alike
To tell how something is funny
To tell how something is sad
Perspective means…
How an author feels about something
How well you can write
How fast you can read
How you feel about reading
FICTION
Imagined or UNTRUE
Facts
NONFICTION
Imagined or UNTRUE
Facts
Informational text can also be called…
Fiction
History
Topic
Non-fiction/Facts
Literary devices
Electronic devices such as cell phones
Devices used to make music
Used by authors to enhance a story
Giving human characteristics to non-living things
Simile
A comparison using “like” or “as”
To tell how something is different
How fast you can read
A comparison without using “like” or “as”
Metaphor
Giving human characteristics to non-living things
A comparison using “like” or “as”
A comparison without using “like” or “as”
Used by authors to enhance a story
Personification
Giving human characteristics to non-living things
A comparison using “like” or “as”
A comparison without using “like” or “as”
How fast you can read
Onomatopoeia
A comparison using “like” or “as”
To tell how something is different
How fast you can read
A word that sounds like a sound and is spelled like the sound
Hyperbole
Giving human characteristics to non-living things
Telling how something is alike
Used in a story to make it more interesting
An exaggeration
Imagery
To paint a picture using a brush
To paint a mental picture for a reader using descriptive words
To paint for a living
To paint the town red
Tone
Evidence directly from the text
To tell something in your own words
The author’s attitude toward the topic
To tell how something is alike or the same
Symbolism
is the use of objects, characters, or actions to represent abstract ideas or qualities
An exaggeration
A statement made by the author
To paint a picture using descriptive words
Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows something that the character does not know
A situation in which the opposite of what you would expect to happen occurs
Also known as “sarcasm”
When something is used to represent something else
Situational irony
When the audience knows something that the character does not know
A situation in which the opposite of what you would expect to happen occurs
Also known as “sarcasm”
To paint a picture using descriptive words
Verbal Irony
When the audience knows something that the character does not know
A situation in which the opposite of what you would expect to happen occurs
Also known as “sarcasm”
A character’s feelings in a story
Allusion
A reference to the setting
A repetition of consonant sounds
a reference to a well-known person, event, or piece of literature in a literary work.
A character in the story
Textual evidence
A repetition of consonant sounds
A reference or mention
Evidence directly from the text
Evidence at a trial
Analysis
A guess
Breaking down something into details
An interruption
An evaluation of something
Evaluate
To write something
To guess something
To study something
To cook something delicious
Effectively
To do something one time
To do something accurately or well
To write a story
Evidence directly from the text
Structures
Refers to how a piece of nonfiction text is organized
To organize things by colors or shapes
Your favorite story
To guess something
Informational text is…
Nonfiction or factual
Imaginary or fictional
This text structure is “how things in the text are similar or different”
Cause and effect
Chronological order
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened and why it happened
Cause and effect
Chronological order
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
This text structure tells what the conflict or issue is and how it is solved
Cause and effect
Chronological order
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
This is evidence that can be proven, is convincing and is reliable
Civil rights
Unsubstantiated
Substantiated
Criminal mischief
This is unconvincing, unreliable and not able to be proven
Substantiated
Unsubstantiated
Civil rights
Criminal mischief
A point that can be proven with evidence is a
Claim
Setting
Theme
Metaphor
“Who” is telling the story can also be called
The evidence
An evaluation
Point of view
The setting
Details, events, people, and ideas (this can include the heading, pictures, graphs, bold writing, etc.) is known as
The elements earth, wind and fire
Informational text elements
The elements of science
Elementary schools
Used to express our feelings/ideas, to emphasize a point, to help others connect to our feelings/ideas or to make a conversation more interesting
Figurative language
Denotative language
Connotative Language
Technical meanings
Purpose can also be called
Reference
Reason
Resilience
Reunited
refers to the emotional or cultural associations that it carries, beyond its literal definition
Setting
Denotation
Dialogue
Connotation
refers to the literal or dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotional or cultural associations
Characters
Denotation
Imagery
Connotation
The central idea can also be called the
Supporting Idea
Literary Devices
Heading
Main Idea
Support the main idea by giving more information
Supporting ideas
Main idea
Reference
Interpretations
refers to the act of adding or providing something that contributes to the development, understanding, or meaning of a text or topic
Allusion
Contribution
Reference
Guessing
To evaluate something means to
Form an idea about something
Guess how something is spelled
Write a short story
Go to sleep during class
To tell in a shorter version but in your own words
Guess
Summarize
Intercept
Contribute
Who a story is about
Setting
Theme
Character(s)
Plot
When or where a story takes place
Setting
Theme
Character
Plot
Series of events
Setting
Theme
Character
Plot
A conversation between two or more characters
Setting
Theme
Character
Dialogue
When an author presents information by listing similarities and differences between two or more subjects, which organizational pattern is used?
Cause and Effect
Chronological Order
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
Which organizational pattern is used when explaining why something happens and the effects that result?
Cause and Effect
Chronological Order
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
When an author presents information in the order in which events occurred, which organizational pattern is used?
Cause and Effect
Chronological Order
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
Which organizational pattern is commonly used when presenting a problem and then offering one or more solutions to solve it?
Cause and Effect
Chronological Order
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
