https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/M-STEP_ELA-Construct-Relevant-Vocabulary_526868_7.pdf
affix
antonym
appropriate information
article
audience (as in writer’s audience)
author
author’s message author’s point of view blog capitals/capitalization cause/effect
central idea
characters
character’s actions characters’ relationships chart/graph/diagram/table clear language
comma(s) compare/contrast conclude/conclusion/
concluding statement conclusion drawn/drawing a conclusion
concrete details conflict
connect ideas – (transitions in writing)
convince
create definition(s)
describe/description/descriptive details/ realistic details
determine
develop ideas (evidence/ elaboration)
dialogue dictionary entry draft
edit effect
effective beginning /ending elaborate/elaboration of ideas errors
essay
event
evidence
example
explain
first paragraph
flashback
focus
grammar usage
headings
imaginary
infer/inference(s)/ inference(s) made
inform
informational paper/informational article
Internet
introduction
key detail(s)
key events
key point
main idea
main problem
meaning
mental picture (writing)
narrative
narrator notes
opinion(s)/agree/disagree
opposite
organize(d)/organization of ideas
paragraph passage phrase plot
point of view/view (point) pre-write
presentation
punctuation/punctuated purpose (e.g., author’s or speaker’s purpose)
purpose for writing (informative, opinion, narrative writing)
quotations/direct quotations/ quoting directly/quotation marks
reasons relationship report
research research question research report revise
root word
sensory details/language
setting
similar
skim
source(s)
speaker
specific/exact word(s)/ word choice(s)/information
spelling errors stanza
statement/sentence/set of sentences/pair of sentences/line
summary/summarize(s) supporting evidence/reasons synonym
theme
thesaurus
timeline
title
topic
transition words/phrases trustworthy source(s) verbs/verb tense/shifts webpage/website
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