Academic Vocabulary - RI/RL 6.2 & 6.6

Front

What does 'convey' mean?

Back

To communicate or express an idea, feeling, or message.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Front

Which sentence correctly uses 'convey'?

Back

The author conveyed a tone of sadness in her story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

What is analyze?

Back

To carefully look at something.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.7.10

Front

What is a narrator?

Back

The person telling the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

Front

What does 'justify' mean?

Back

To show or prove right or reasonable.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Front

What is the difference between flashback and foreshadow?

Back

Flashback is when the character remembers something from the past; foreshadow gives clues as to what will happen in the future in the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Front

What is a theme in literature?

Back

The central idea or message in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Front

What does 'perspective' mean in a story?

Back

The viewpoint from which the story is told.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Front

What is a plot?

Back

The sequence of events that make up a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

Front

What does 'characterization' mean?

Back

The process of creating and developing a character in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3