Florida Ela Standards Vocabulary

1. – The subject or what the text is about in one or two words.
6. – Giving human qualities to something that is not human.
8. – The time and place where the story happens.
11. – A word that means the same or almost the same as another word.
12. – The beat or pattern of sounds in a poem.
16. Source – Information written or created by someone who was not there (like textbooks or articles).
17. – A phrase that means something different from the literal words.
19. – A comparison using the words like or as.
23. Character – A person, animal, or figure in a story.
24. – To communicate or show an idea or feeling. paste your list of words here
28. – A word that imitates a sound.
29. – The way an author shows what a character is like (their actions, feelings, and thoughts).
31. – A word that means the opposite of another word.
33. – A smart guess based on clues from the text and what you already know.
34. Details – The important pieces of information that support the central idea.

2. – To tell how two or more things are alike.
3. – An exaggeration used to make a point.
4. Text – Texts that give facts and teach about real topics.
5. – Single rows of words in a poem.
7. – A short retelling of the most important parts of the text.
9. – To briefly explain the key points of a text in your own words.
10. – Words that help the reader picture, hear, smell, taste, or feel something.
13. – The series of events in a story, including the beginning, middle, and end.
14. – Repeating the same beginning sound in a group of words.
15. Source – Information that comes from someone who was actually there (like a diary, photo, or interview).
18. – The main problem or challenge the characters face.
20. Text – Stories, poems, plays, and other texts written to entertain.
21. – The lesson, message, or moral of a story.
22. Idea – What a text is mostly about (the main point).
25. – To tell how two or more things are different.
26. – Words that have the same ending sound.
27. – Groups of lines in a poem (like paragraphs in poetry).
30. – To break something down and examine it carefully.
32. – A comparison saying one thing is another thing.