ELA Final Review

Synonyms

100

Textual evidence, explicit statements, and the author's reasons

What are supporting details?

200

Alike, same, similar, and compare

What are synonyms for the word comparison?

300

Unalike, different, and dissimilar

What are synonyms for the word contrast?

400

The most important point and central idea in a story or passage.

What are synonyms for the term "main point"?

Context Clues

100

Listen to a rock-and-roll tune, and you’re likely to hear the unique, ripping sounds of an electric guitar.

Particular or relating to a specific thing describes this word in the sentence above.

Listen to a rock-and-roll tune, and you’re likely to hear the unique, ripping sounds of an electric guitar.

What is the meaning of the word unique?

200

A group of words or a phrase in a passage that helps the reader to make meaning of an unknown word.

What are context clues?

300

• The illustrations show that both instruments have similar construction and shape (long neck, wider body);
• The illustrations show that both instruments have the same number of tuning pegs;
• The text draws the comparison: "The sitar is to classical Indian music what the electric guitar is to American rock and roll" by demonstrating the instrument's popularity in classical Indian music.

How are the sitar and guitar alike?

What are the similarities between the sitar and electric guitar?

400

The amplifier helps give the electric guitar its distinct sound.  

Which word is similar in meaning to the use of "unique"?

Text Structures

100

 Both the sitar and the electric guitar have tuning pegs.

What is compare?

200

Its form changed over time, and the sitar used today dates to the middle of the 18th century.

What are time order and sequence?

300

The sound of the sitar was initially strange to American and European ears. But eventually Shankar and his odd instrument developed a large fan base in the West.

What is problem and solution?

400

The vibrating tarabs produce additional notes, which give the sitar its unique sound.

What is cause and effect?

Learning Standards

100

Analyzing what the text says explicitly and drawing inferences from the text.

(RI1)

What is citing textual evidence?

200

It provides a summary of the text and/or gives the writer's most important point in one or two sentences.

(RI2)

What is the main idea?

300

It provides the reader with the meaning of an unknown word or phrase in a text.

(RI4)

What are context clues?

400

Information to help the reader understand the overall structure of a text. 

(RI5)

What are text structures?