4th Grade Reading Academic Vocabulary

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What is inner dialogue?

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When a character thinks something to themselves.

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What is the result of something that happens in the story?

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Effect.

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What point of view is it when the narrator is a character in the story?

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1st Person POV.

Front

When the author says something, but it means something different, what is this called?

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Figurative language.

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What does the word 'affect' mean?

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To influence, make a difference to, or impact.

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What is a character's spoken words in a story called?

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Dialogue.

Front

What is the term for the main message or lesson in a story?

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Theme.

Front

What do we call the time and place in which a story occurs?

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Setting.

Front

What is the term for the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

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Conflict.

Front

What is a prediction about what will happen next in a story called?

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Inference.