Fiction Vocabulary Set 2

Character

• pattern of events in a story

• background knowledge

• someone or something that plays a role in a story

• the author's attitude toward a character

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Foreshadowing

• to show or indicate something is about to happen

• a memory from the past

• a brief statement the main points of a story

• what the story is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Flashback

• to show or indicate something is about to happen

• someone or something that plays a role in the story

• a memory from the past flashes into someone's mind

• the overall feeling the reader gets from the text

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Character Analysis

• someone or something that plays a role in a story

• traits, personalities or attitudes that describe a character

• the author's attitude toward a character

• pulling from your schema and evidence from a text, picture or movie

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Schema

• a memory from the past

• background knowledge

• what the story is mostly about

• to show or indicate something is about to happen

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Inferencing

• background knowledge

• pulling your schema and evidence from a text, picture or movie

• a memory from the past

• the author's attitude towards the characters

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Main Idea

• events in a story

• a summary of the story

• what the story is mostly about

• the lesson or moral learned from the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

Theme

• lesson or moral that's learned from the story

• a brief statement that presents the main points of a story

• what the story is mainly about

• the overall feeling the reader gets from the text

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Mood

• the author's attitude towards the character(s)

• the overall feeling the reader gets from the text

• a memory from the past

• pattern of events in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Tone

• the author's attitude towards the character(s)

• the overall feeling the reader gets from the story

• what the text is mostly about

• things, personalities or attitudes that describe a character

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B