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ELA vocabulary #1
This is your first set of ELA vocabulary words.
Term | Definition |
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describe | to tell or show the facts or details with written or spoken words |
summarize | to state in concise form the essential (main) components (parts) in chronological order |
support | to back up, justify with evidence (facts) |
compare | examine and state what is the same, or note likenesses of two or more items |
contrast | examine and state the differences in two or more items |
narrative | a sequence of events, or experiences, either true or ficticious |
explicit | clear facts or meaning, leaving no room for interpretation |
evidence | something that proves or disproves; facts |
figurative language | figures of speech; not literal; expand meaning |
infer | to deduce or conclude by reasoning, to guess or figure out from evidence |
main idea/central idea | the author's most important idea |
theme | a unifying or dominant (big) idea |
structure | the relationship of important parts or components |
details/ key details | the specific ideas that are explicitly written in a text that support or expand the main idea |
claim | to state as a fact |
meaning | the significance (importance) of something |
story | the plot or succession of events of a novel, poem, drama, etc. |
context | the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation |
cite | to quote specifically from text or event, recall |
assess | to measure, to determine the amount of |