ELA Academic Vocabulary

A group of lines that form a unit in a poem

• paragraph

• stanza

• organizational pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

A struggle or problem between two forces

• opinion

• antagonist

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

A problem caused within the character

• climax

• external conflict

• internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

a statement that cannot be proven because it is a person's beliefs, feelings or thoughts

• opinion

• fact

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

background knowledge + text evidence =

• climax

• opinion

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

causing a problem for the main character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

compares two things using the words "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

a person who writes a play

• playwright

• actor

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses

• imagery

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

where and when a story takes place

• resolution

• rising action

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3