Reading Academic Vocabulary 8

The paragraphs of poetry.

• Excerpt
• Stanzas
• Dialogue
• Lines

One or more letters added to the end of a root word.

• Suffix
• Prefix
• Root
• Ending

The time and place a story occurs.

• Flashback
• Fact
• Stage
• Setting

The words spoken by the actors in a play.

• Stage Directions
• Dialogue
• Excerpt
• Stanzas

A passage/piece taken from a book.

• Dialogue
• Summary
• Excerpt
• Flashback

When a portion of a story goes back in time.

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Setting
• Falling Action

A statement that can be proven true.

• Opinion
• Dialogue
• Excerpt
• Fact

Hints in the text to help the reader understand a word.

• Synonym
• Context Clues
• Antonym
• Stage Directions

The results after the climax which leads to the resolution.

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

Words that have the same meaning.

• Antonym
• Synonym
• Context Clues
• Facts