Elementary English and Language Arts Unit Key Vocabulary

Characters - the individuals in a story that help to move the story along

Main Characters: - the individuals in a story that the plot revolves around

Setting: - where the story takes place; may include location and time

Plot: - what is happening in a story, the action in a story, key events

Author’s Purpose: - the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic

Informational Text: - written to inform about a specific topic

Central Idea/Main Idea: - tells what the paragraph/text is about; the most important thing

Supporting Details: - facts/statements that support the main idea

Summarize: - identify the most important ideas and restate them in your own words