Unit 2A Academic Vocabulary 6th Grade

The character who opposes the protagonist or the goals of the protagonist.

• Antagonist

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium.

• Audience

• Author's Purpose

• Context

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work; may vary by genre.

• Author's Craft

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Context

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The reason an author writes about a particular topic; the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work.

• Author's Craft

• Author's Purpose

• Context

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The method in which an author constructs a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance or by revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, other characters, etc.

• Characterization

• Personification

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak.

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

In literature, the opposition of persons or forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot of a story; may be internal, as psychological within a character, or external.

• Conflict

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage.

• Context

• Topic

• Voice

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflicts(s) of the story before the resolution.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices.

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Mood

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D