Text Features
ELA Terms
Short Response
Extended Response
Reading
100

Which text feature helps the reader understand the main idea of each section of the text.

Sub-title OR Sub-heading

100

What is a Claim?

Your position, answer. Either FOR or AGAINST.

100

How many pieces of evidence should a short response have?

2

100

What's the first thing you do when you're on extended response question?

READ THE QUESTION and Bulletpoints

100

Who's your bestie when your reading? What do you do while you're reading?

Pencil and Annotate

200

Helps the reader understand exactly what something looks like.

Photograph

200

What does contribute mean?

To add on, or share it's involvement in the entire story.

200

What is an inference? How would you answer it in a short response?

An inference is made using what we know and our observations. It is also called an educated guess

200

How many pieces of evidence should extended response have? WHY?

TWO evidence from each story to SUPPORT your CLAIM.

200

When we read, we read with the...

WHO and WHAT in mind

300

Gives the reader more information about the picture or photograph.

captions AKA description
300

What does develop mean?

Grow or Change

300

How do we start our short response?

In the text, "TITLE" by "AUTHOR" ...

300

What's a synonym for the term, "for example..."

For instance,

Another detail, 

300

What is a hook? When do we normally see a hook in a story/text?

Hook is a sentence that engages the reader. It's usually in the introduction

400

Genre of text/article based on real people, animals, places, or things.

Non-fiction

400

What is Central Idea?

What the story is mostly about.

400

Where should your reasoning be in a short response? 

Last sentence

400
 compare and contrast two stories means using... to...

FIRST Find their similarities (use evidence)

THEN, find the differences (use evidence)


400

How does annotating help us as readers...

Find the central idea, characters, details.

500

Which text features helps the reader identify important words?

Glossary

500

What is theme? Give an example.

Lesson Learned. 

Ex. Winning isn't everything.

500

How do you start your reasoning?

This shows,

To conclude,

To summarize,


500

how do we answer an extended response question?

Answer each BULLET-POINT, using evidence from the story

500

What are 3 purposes of the author?

Persuade - convince

Inform - information

Entertain - interesting