Academic Vocab #1

The main events of a novel, play, fiction story...

• plot

• climax

• main idea

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

conflict that characters face in a story

• solution

• plot

• problem

• prefix

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

the most intense, exciting, or important part of a story

• action

• summary

• main idea

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

the action of solving a problem

• plot

• resolution

• peace

• summary

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

what almost every sentence is about. Other words: topic, subject, theme, message, lesson

• main idea

• resolution

• author's purpose

• interaction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

To find or write this, we use..

Fiction: BME + 5 W's

Nonfiction: main idea + 5 W's

• influence

• contribute

• summary

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The order of events in a story

• sequence of events/ chronological order

• author's purpose

• antonyms

• emphasize

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The reason or purpose for writing something

• author's purpose

• climax

• fiction

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

When we ______, we take what we know plus our clues and evidence to ______.

• fiction

  nonfiction

• infer

  make an inference

• summary

  biography

• emphasize

  resolve

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

To benefit or aid

• point of view

• emphasize

• contribute

• infer

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C