Unit 3 Vocabulary Words

a prefix or a suffix

• adage

• affix

• prefix

• suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a person or thing who plays a role in a book, play, or movie

• character

• genre

• imagery

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a made up story

• dialogue

• genre

• nonfiction

• fiction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the reason an author writes about a particular topic

• genre

• author's purpose

• resolution

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the intended group for a message or text

• literary elements

• pun

• text structure

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the central idea or moral of a story

• theme

• simile

• metaphor

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the events of the story leading up to the climax

• rising action

• exposition

• resolution

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

a comparison of two things using like or as

• personification

• metaphor

• pun

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

one or more letters added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning

• suffix

• affix

• prefix

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a short well-known saying that expresses a common truth

• genre

• point of view

• suffix

• adage

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D