ELA Academic Vocabulary

The series of events in a story make up the ...

• Plot

• rising action

• diagram

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The _____ is a struggle between opposing forces. Also known as the problem.

• rising action

• conflict

• climax

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The _____ is the time, place, and culture of a society.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• setting

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The order in which things happen is the . . .

• foreshadowing

• sequence

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

_____ is a hint or clue about what will happen later.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A break in a story that will tell about something that happened at an earlier time is a . . .

• foreshadowing

• exposition

• antagonist

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The reason why something happens is the . . .

• cause

• resolution

• exposition

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A(n) _____ is a result of something that happens.

• effect

• setting

• cause

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The _____ is the feeling the story creates.

• mood

• energy

• tone

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The _____ is a writer's attitude about a topic.

• mood

• energy

• tone

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B