Unit 2 A Academic Vocabulary 7th Grade

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

• Forshadowing

• Literary Device

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

• Characterization

• Literary Device

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A literary device used by an author to provide hints about future events and details that may occur later in the story.

• Foreshadowing

• Literary Device

• Characterization

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A specific convention or structure such as imagery, irony, or foreshadowing, that is employed by the author to produce a given effect.

• Literary Device

• Literary Text

• Point of View

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme.

• Mood

• Conflict

• Plot

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The basic sequence of events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

• Plot

• Literary Text

• Literary Device

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The perspective from which the event in the story are told.

• Point of View

• Literary Device

• Theme

• Literary Text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The time and place in which a narrative occurs. Elements may include the physical, psychological, cultural, or historical background against which the story takes place.

• Setting

• Conflict

• Literary Text

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/condition.

• Theme

• Plot

• Literary Text

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The author's particular attitude, either stated or implied in the writing.

• Tone

• Mood

• Plot

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B