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5th Grade ELA Vocab

TermDefinition
Author's claim the main point the author is trying to make in a text; usually supported with reasons and evidence
Cause What makes something happen. Why something happens.
Compare and Contrast How things are alike and different
Conflict The problem
Context Clues When you use the words or sentences around a word to figure out the meaning of a word
contribute to add to or help make something happen
demonstrates shows
Details sentences that support a main idea by giving more specific information
Effect What happens because of something. The result.
emphasizes gives special importance or attention to something
Event What happens in a text
Fiction A story that is made up or not true
Figurative Language words and phrases that have a different meaning from what the words actually say, including similes, metaphors and idioms.
Graphic organizer A chart or story map used to help organize information. Can use for sequencing events, causes and effects, comparing and contrasting, and so on.
Heading The title of a section or chapter.
Impact the effect or result
Imply/implies to not directly state; to suggest
Infer/inference Using clues from the text to figure out what is happening or what the author means when it's not directly stated.
Main Idea What the text/section/paragraph is mostly about. The big ideas.
Metaphor When you compare something to something else WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as" and usually say that something is something else
Motivation Why a character does something.
Narrator the person or character TELLING the story. May be a character in the story or someone not a part of the story.
Non-Fiction/Informational A selection that is true or gives factual information
Persuade To try to convince someone to do or believe something
Plot The events of a story
Point of View A character or person's thoughts, beliefs, and opinions about a topic or what is happening
portrayed showed, demonstrated
Purpose WHY the author wrote the text or included something in the text
Relationship How ideas, events, or people go together in a text. Relationships could be cause/effect, problem/solution, sequential, compare/contrast, etc.
Sequence/Chronological The order of events
Setting Where and when the story takes place
Significance/significant Importance/important
Simile When you use the words "like" or "as" to compare two things
Solution When the problem in the story or text is solved
Statement sentence
Summary/Summarize A retelling of the MOST important ideas/main events of the text.
Supports backs up/gives evidence for
Theme The message, lesson or moral of the text that the author wanted you to learn. Can be stated as a lesson or just one word, such as determination.
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