Reading Intervention Mythology & Vocab Review 8/31

to look at something for a long time

• gaze
• glimpse
• squint
• hassle

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

without end

• conform

• infinite

• fatigue

• avert

theme

• The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work.
  
• the problem in a story
• the leading character, hero, or heroine of a story or novel.

plot

• The sequence of related events that make up a story or novel.
• an object, person or place that stands for something else
• words that make pictures

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

rising action

• major events that develop the plot of a story and lead to the climax
•  a comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as
•  the outcome of the conflict of a story, when loose ends are wrapped up

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

myth

• a traditonal story that explains the actons oF gods or heroes orthe origins of the elements of nature
• Imaginative language that is not meant to beinterpreted literally
• ²he central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

climax

•  the turning point or the high point of a story
•  an object, a person, or a place that stands for something else
•  words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

resolution

•  the outcome of the con ict of a story, when loose ends are wrapped up
• the message or central idea of a story
• the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

conflict

•  a struggle between opposing forces
•  a short literary composition on a single subject
•  a person or animal that takes part in the action of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

natural phenomenon

• a fact or situation in nature that is observed in nature
• words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing
• a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the protagonist