Language Arts Vocab

Question 0

Compare/Contrast

Answer 0

Similar and different

Question 1

Cause/Effect

Answer 1

A relationship between actions or events where something is the result of something else happening.

Question 2

Summary

Answer 2

Condensed version of text

Question 3

Point of view

Answer 3

Perspective of the story told

Question 4

Author’s purpose

Answer 4

Author’s reason for writing something

Question 5

Context clues

Answer 5

Using your own knowledge along with words in a text to determine the meaning of a word/phrase

Question 6

Conclusion

Answer 6

Last paragraph/sentence in a piece of writing

Question 7

Topic sentence

Answer 7

Sentence that states the main idea

Question 8

Supporting details

Answer 8

Sentences that provide specific evidence for a topic

Question 9

Revelant

Answer 9

Related to the main idea

Question 10

Irrelevant

Answer 10

Not related to the main idea

Question 11

Topic

Answer 11

The subject something is about

Question 12

Pronoun

Answer 12

Replaces a noun or another pronoun

Question 13

Antecendant

Answer 13

Word that a pronoun refers to

Question 14

Possessive pronoun

Answer 14

Pronoun that shows ownership

Question 15

Subject pronoun

Answer 15

Pronoun that is used in the subject of the sentence or after a linking verb ( he,she, they)

Question 16

Object pronoun

Answer 16

Pronoun that is used in the predicate of the sentence ( him, her, them)