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ELA Test Prep

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speaker/ narrator   the person or character telling the story  
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evidence   details from the text that support or disprove an argument or position  
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opinion   the feelings a person gets from reading a piece of text, these cannot be proven by text  
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character   the person or animal that the story revolves around  
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setting   the place, time, mood, or atmosphere of a story or piece of writing  
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events   the actions that take place in a story or a piece of writing  
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cause   a person, thing or event that makes something happen  
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effect   a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause  
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story map   a graphic organizer that can be used to organize the details and events within a story  
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plot   the action, the sequence of events within a story  
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point of view   the perspective from which a story is told. These include first person, second person, third person limited, third person objective, and third person omniscient  
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facts   events in a story that can be proven from the text  
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compare   to write about or examine the similarities between two ( or more) items or actions.  
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contrast   to write about or examine the differences between two (or more) items or actions  
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contibute   to add to a piece of work, to enhance it or make it better  
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communicate   to discuss or evaluate with others  
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essay   a piece of writing that deals with a subject in a certain way, and expresses the writer's point of view  
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refer   to make a connection or fall back on a piece of work  
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support a claim   to use textual evidence to prove what the writer suggests is true  
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describe   to use textual evidence to write about a subject  
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drag and drop   to use computer tools to move a piece of text into an essay or answer to support what the writer, or reader, wants to say  
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moral   a lesson that a piece of literature is teaching  
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statement   a sentence that is either true or false  
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phrase/ fragment few   a group of words that support the writing, but is not a complete sentence  
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summarize   to write a few sentences and retell the major events of what has been read  
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demonstrates   using what has been read to back up a writing assignment  
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How does the action affect the story?   to use textual evidence of the actions to support the writing work  
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structure   the organized means of a piece of text  
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textual evidence   the actual words from a piece of text that is used to prove a claim in an essay or writing assignment  
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makes a claim   to write an opinion or fact from a reading piece  
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