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ELA vocabulary #1
This is your first set of ELA vocabulary words.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |