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Vocabulary M3W3
ELA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| historical event | made up of people, situations, or things that existed in the past and are considered to be part of history |
| inference | use clues from what is read and what you know to draw a conclusion |
| paraphrase | to put the ideas of a text or story into your own words |
| summarize | the main points of the story told in your own words |
| main idea | tells the reader what the paragraph or story is mostly about |
| key details | important pieces of information that supports the main idea |
| quote | exact words spoken by someone |
| compare | show how things are similar |
| contrast | show how things are different |
| recruitment | the process of getting someone to join a group |
| secede | to break away |
| slavery | the owning of a person by another person |
| Union | Northern states that stayed under a single government |