Academic Vocabulary 3

A chart that shows the dates of important events during a certain time period

• calendar

• timeline

• clock

• graph

A short but complete version of a text

• sentence

• paragraph

• summary

• question

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Special parts of a text that help you locate information, such as specific facts and details, within the text; tables of contents, captions, subheadings, and glossaries are examples

• text features

• index

• heading

• caption

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The use of repeated words or ideas in a piece of writing for emphasis, or to show that something is important

• bold print

• summary

• conclusion

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Steps to follow to do something

• instructions

• procedures

• glossary

• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A kind of figurative language that compares two things that are not alike without using the words like or as

• text features

• procedures

• metaphor

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A chart that is used to show the relationship between two sets of numbers

• plot line

• lesson

• graph

• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

The person who tells the story

• grandmother

• illustrator

• director

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Something to be learned – for example, from a story or an experience — that impacts new knowledge

• habit

• lesson

• story

• question

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A center of interest or attention

• summary

• problem

• middle

• focus

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C