NJSLA Vocabulary - ELA

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Content

materials or texts that you readfor a specific subject or purpose.

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Compare

finding things that are the same

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Contrast

finding things that are different

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Describe

to tell or show using words

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Narrative

a story

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Central/Main Idea

what the text is mostly about and why it is important

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Theme

the lesson or moral in a text

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Explicit

clearly stated

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Infer

using clues or evidence to formulate an idea

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Summarize

to give the most important information from a text

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Support

to back up your idea with evidence

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Evidence

facts, details, events from the text

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Structure

how the text is organized

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Figurative language

language that makes the text interestesting, not always literal

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Analyze

To break down parts of the text and create meaning

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Context

the circumstances of an event

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Cite

to quote

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Evaluate

make a judgment

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Argument

to make a statement and provide evidence to support your ideas

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Identify

to recognize or notice

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Text

a passage or group of writings

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Determine

To decide

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Details

smaller ideas that support a main idea

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Demonstrate

to explain or show

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Develop

to explain and add details, to elaborate

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