7th Grade Reading Academic Vocabulary

major divisions in a play

• act

• alliteration

• scene

• stage directions

repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word "Silly Sarah Sue Sang"

• alliteration

• metaphor

• Sarah Sue

• simile

relationship between words

• analogy

• definition

• analyze

• anecdote

to separate or break into parts and examine

• anecdote

• analyze

• surgery

• story

a little story or small piece of information

• prefix

• anecdote

• newspaper

• loaded term

a force working against the main character, usually another character

• protagonist

• climax

• antagonist

• apostrophe

express a position on a problem and support it with reasons or evidence

• arguments

• claim statement

• personal narrative

• author's message

The author's main idea

• evidence

• logical fallacy

• author's message

• support

an account of a person's life written by that person

• personal narrative

• argumentative essay

• fiction

• autobiography

Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

• bandwagon

• author's message

• background knowledge

• autobiography