ELA Cat 1
This term means the opposite of a word.
What is an antonym?
This person tells the story in a book.
What is the narrator?
“They’re” is a contraction of these two words.
What is “they are”?
This helps you understand what a nonfiction passage is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
The sentence that states your main idea in an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The prefix “un-” means this.
What is “not”?
The problem in a story is called this.
What is the conflict?
The proper noun in this sentence: “Sarah went to Chicago.”
What is Chicago?
You use this to guess what might happen next in a story.
What is a prediction?
You must include this type of evidence to support your argument.
What is textual evidence?
What is the meaning of the word “benevolent”?
What is kind or charitable?
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
Identify the subject in the sentence: “The cat chased the mouse.”
What is the cat?
When you explain something using evidence from the text, you are making this.
What is an inference?
A brief story used to support an idea in an essay.
What is an anecdote?
“Chrono-” is a Greek root meaning this.
What is time?
The lesson or message of a story.
What is the theme?
This punctuation is used to join two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
These are clues in the text that help you define an unknown word.
What are context clues?
A word that imitates a sound, like “buzz” or “clang.”
What is onomatopoeia?
A struggle between a character and society is this type of conflict.
What is external conflict?
Change this to the correct verb tense: “He go to the store yesterday.”
What is “He went to the store yesterday”?
The author’s attitude or feeling about a topic.
What is tone?