Academic Vocabulary

Logical conclusion based on the reader's background knowledge and text clues

• Personification
• Symbolism
• Inference
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The moral or message readers should learn from the story  (Does the character learn something or change?  How is conflict resolved?)

• Climax
• Key Detail
• Conflict
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.

• clarify
• analyze
• summarize
• plagiarize

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Text that comes from the story used to support your analysis

• denotative meaning
• connotative meaning
• text evidence
• summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How two texts or things are different

• similar
• compare
• contrast
• chronological

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When and where a story takes place

• setting
• conflict
• theme
• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A text structure that presents a problem and offers a resolution.

• Cause/Effect
• Problem/Solution
• Sequence
• Compare/Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The words spoken by the actors in a play.

• Stage Directions
• Dialogue
• Excerpt
• Stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

• Synonym
• Context Clues
• Antonym
• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A writer's or speaker's statement on a position or issue

• fact
• fallacy
• bias 
• claim