MEAP ELA terms

Question 1

audience

Answer 1

group of people, who you are talking or writing to

Question 2

capitalized

Answer 2

large letters (A, B, L, K…)

Question 3

central idea

Answer 3

main idea, the important part of the story

Question 4

characters

Answer 4

people or animals in the story

Question 5

checklist for revision

Answer 5

a list to help you look for and fix mistakes

Question 6

details

Answer 6

information from a story

Question 7

examples

Answer 7

reasons from the story

Question 8

introduction

Answer 8

what happens in the beginning

Question 9

phrases

Answer 9

short sentences

Question 10

position

Answer 10

what a person believes

Question 11

punctuated

Answer 11

important, maybe with punctuation marks

Question 12

main characters

Answer 12

the important people/animals in the story

Question 13

sentences

Answer 13

words that start with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark

Question 14

setting

Answer 14

the place where the story happens

Question 15

solution

Answer 15

how the problem is fixed

Question 16

story map

Answer 16

map that tells the parts of the story

Question 17

theme

Answer 17

what the story is about

Question 18

words

Answer 18

letters together that mean something

Question 19

according

Answer 19

based on

Question 20

best describes

Answer 20

what shows us the best

Question 21

both

Answer 21

together, two

Question 22

combine

Answer 22

bring together

Question 23

common

Answer 23

regular, normal, have the same

Question 24

complete

Answer 24

all together, finish

Question 25

connected

Answer 25

related to each other

Question 26

cross-test question

Answer 26

a question where the information is in another part of the test

Question 27

describes

Answer 27

tells information about

Question 28

important

Answer 28

a big deal

Question 29

intentionally

Answer 29

on purpose

Question 30

most effective

Answer 30

will help the most

Question 31

most likely

Answer 31

will probably happen

Question 32

mostly

Answer 32

almost all

Question 33

organize

Answer 33

to put in in sequence, order

Question 34

paired reading selection

Answer 34

two readings that go together

Question 35

probably

Answer 35

most likely

Question 36

resource materials

Answer 36

where you get information from

Question 37

response

Answer 37

answer

Question 38

selection

Answer 38

a reading

Question 39

summary

Answer 39

telling the story quickly with only the important details