Comparing Theme Vocabulary

to tell how things are alike

• compare

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

to tell how things are different

• compare

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

a type of literature that describes the adventures of beings with more than human powers that attempts to explain mysterious events

• myth

• legend

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

a story that might not be true but is handed down from generations and accepted as historical

• myth

• legend

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

the moral or lesson of a story

• main idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

stories passed down through many generations by word of mouth Fairy Tales are examples

• traditional literature

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

paraphrase

• to reword in a shorter form something that was written

• myth

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

main idea

• moral or lesson of a story

• what a piece of writing is mainly talking about

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

evidence

• main idea

• information that supports a claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.5