ELA Vocab Flashcards by Avery Timmons

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Analyze

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To identify information

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Cause

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The reason something happens

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Effect

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The result

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Chronological

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Events put in the order they happen

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Main idea

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The big idea the author makes

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Theme

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The topic of the story

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Point of view

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Who is talking in the story

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First person

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Character is talking- uses I, me, or my

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Second person

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Talks to reader- uses you, your, yours

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Third person

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Narrator is talking- uses he, she, they, then

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Genre

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The type of story

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Plot

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What happened in the story

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Setting

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Where the story takes place

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Summarize

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Tell what happened

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Compare

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Show how two things are alike

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Contrast

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Show how two things are different

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Climax

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The big event or conflict in the story

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Resolution

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The ending

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Infer

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Make an educated guess

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Predict

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Guess what will happen

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Illustrate

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Drawings that show a little more background to show what is happening

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Suffix

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Ending of a word

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Prefix

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Beginning of a word

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Relate

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Show how things are alike or connected

Sequence

To put in order

Fiction

A story that is made up