Test Prep Vocabulary

Words that are like. mini-titles. They are under the main title in non-fiction text

• Setting

• Theme

• Subheadings

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Word that means "opposite."

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What a word means, as listed in the dictionary. Some words, like "bat" have more than one.

• Definition

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Character Traits

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The part of a story that tells time and place.

• Resolution

• Evidence

• Conclusion

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Word that means to tell how two things are the same.

• Conflict

• Compare

• Summarize

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

How the problem in a story is solved.

• Resolution

• Conclusion

• Mood

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Why the selection was written-to persuade, to inform or to entertain.

• Narrator

• Author's Purpose

• Character Traits

• Genre

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The message of the story. What the author wants you to learn from the story.

• Summarize

• Narrator

• Theme

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The problem in a story.

• Mood

• Poetry

• Conflict

• Definition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

To condense a story or article by writing only about the most important events.

• Narrator

• Compare

• Resolution

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D