ELA Vocabulary Review

5. The problem a main character faces in a story.
9. The dictionary definition of a word.
10. The author or speaker's attitude in a text.
12. This is an explanation of the main points of a story or article. You don't include minor details.
14. To make a judgment about something. For example, to judge the strength of an argument.
15. Illustrate, reveal, and suggest all mean to ________.
16. This text structure explains how two things are similar and different.

1. When you cite a quote from a text, you are giving ________________ for your claim.
2. Cause and ______________ text structure explains an event and its consequences.
3. The events in a story.
4. Problem and _______________ text structure explains a problem and at least one way to solve it.
6. This is the main turning point in a story; the most exciting part.
7. When you put events of a story in the order they occurred, you are putting them in _____________.
8. To look at or examine a text closely.
10. The moral or life lesson the author wants us to learn.
11. This is another word for evidence from a text. You support an argument with these.
13. To persuade, to inform, or to entertain is the author's ____________ for writing.
16. The feeling associated with a word.
17. The moment in the plot when a character makes a decision that changes the course of the story.