TNREADY Testing Vocabulary

To figure out or show who someone is or what something is.

• theme

• develops

• identify

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence reasoning.

• Inference

• Act/Scene

• Mood

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience.

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The life lesson the author wants the reader to learn. Also known as the moral of the story.

• theme

• identify

• exposition

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The story line or order of events in a book, play, or movie.

• identify

• Mood

• Chronological Order

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The events in a story that move the plot forward, which involves conflicts and complications.

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A list of events in the order in which they occur.

• chronological

• plot

• climax

• act/scene

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Most exciting moment of the story turning point.

• exposition

• plot

• climax

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

How the story or character progresses.

• develop

• Identify

• climax

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

• mood

• tone

• plot

• conveys

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B