Reading Literature Academic Vocabulary

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature

• allusion

• analogy

• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A written conversation between two or more characters

• allusion

• analogy

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

A type of irony in which the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• elements of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A set of instruments used to create a story such as characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution

• elements of poetry

• elements of a story

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A short story or a novel that is not true but is set in the past and includes real places and real events of historical importance

• historical nonfiction

• historical fiction

• literary elements

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

A logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience

• objective

• theme

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A traditional story, usually concerning some superhuman being or unlikely event, that was once widely believed to be true

• analogy

• myth

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

The method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction

• point of view

• dialogue

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The text of a play, film, or broadcast

• structure

• dialogue

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A brief statement or account of the main points of something

• summary

• allusion

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3