7th Grade Vocabulary - 4/18 - 4/22

The lesson or message of a text.

• Plot

• Foreshadowing

• Theme

• Central Idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

The specific order of events in a story.

• Plot

• Theme

• Inference

• Paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

The way an author develops a character over a passage.

• Plot

• Theme

• Characterization

• Entropy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Passages that are stories, dramas, or poems.

• Themes

• Outlines

• Paragraphs

• Literary Text

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

A passage that captures the main points, but does not give every detail and does not include opinions.

• Objective Summary

• Opinion Summary

• Meta Summary

• Platonic Summary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Refers to where and when the story takes place, including the time of day, season, or the location.

• Plot

• Inference

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on information in the text.

• Guess

• Assume

• Confuse

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration.

• Opinion

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Hydromatic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The end of the main conflict in the story.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9