MEAP ELA terms Flashcards
audience
group of people, who you are talking or writing to
capitalized
large letters (A, B, L, K…)
central idea
main idea, the important part of the story
characters
people or animals in the story
checklist for revision
a list to help you look for and fix mistakes
details
information from a story
examples
reasons from the story
introduction
what happens in the beginning
phrases
short sentences
position
what a person believes
punctuated
important, maybe with punctuation marks
main characters
the important people/animals in the story
sentences
words that start with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark
setting
the place where the story happens
solution
how the problem is fixed
story map
map that tells the parts of the story
theme
what the story is about
words
letters together that mean something
according
based on
best describes
what shows us the best
both
together, two
combine
bring together
common
regular, normal, have the same
complete
all together, finish
connected
related to each other
cross-test question
a question where the information is in another part of the test
describes
tells information about
important
a big deal
intentionally
on purpose
most effective
will help the most
most likely
will probably happen
mostly
almost all
organize
to put in in sequence, order
paired reading selection
two readings that go together
probably
most likely
resource materials
where you get information from
response
answer
selection
a reading
summary
telling the story quickly with only the important details
