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