Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary Review

Text Clues + Background Knowledge = ____________

• context clue

• inference

• main idea

• theme

A struggle between opposing forces. Also known as a problem.

• foreshadowing

• conflict

• main idea

• text feature

character

• alike in appearance or nature.

• any person, animal, imaginary creature who takes part in the action of a story.

• how characters change throughout the story.

• to dispute, go against, or be different

what a paragraph or passage is mostly about.

• lyric poem

• genre

• main idea

• context clue

alike in appearance or nature.

• similiar

• character

• plot

• contrast

plot

• series of events in a story.

•  how characters change throughout the story.

• a way of seeing things, point of view, opinion

• pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

 a type of writing

• refrain

• perspective

• genre

• compare

character development

•  to dispute, go against, or be different

• narrative method used to tell a story:   1st person & 3rd person

•  the voice that “talks” to the reader in a poetry selection

•  how characters change throughout the story.

 looking for what is different between two or more things, people, etc.

• contrast

• compare

• text features

• refrain

information surrounding a word or phrase that helps the reader better understand the word or phrase.

• lyric poem

• theme

• rhyme scheme

• context clues