ELA Vocabulary

2. A few paragraphs in a story. On the test, it will be the sections that you are reading to answer the questions being asked.
3. Using the words in a sentence to determine the meaning of the unknown word.
5. Ideas and examples that support the main idea. Ex: If the main idea is what lions eat, a supporting detail would be that lions are carnivores and eat meat.
7. To make a guess about a story based on the information you know.
10. What the story was mostly about or what a passage is trying to teach you.
11. A guess about what will happen next in the story.

1. The title of a page or section in a nonfiction book. It gives the reader a clue about what the page is about.
4. Proof from a passage that explains your thinking. Often means direct quotes
6. The order in which something happens. Ex. First, next, then, last.
8. To see how two things are the same
9. The relationship between what happened and why it happened.
12. To see how two things are different.