4th Grade Academic Terms 1

Hints the author gives to help with a difficult word or phrase.

• evaluate

• context clues

• dialogue

• fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Conversation between characters in a text.

• drama

• conflict

• dialogue

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

A story told from the speaker using personal pronouns such as I, me, my, we, our.

• third person

• infer

• narrator

• first person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How a text is set up, ordered, and organized.

• text feature

• text structure

• theme

• story elements

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The lesson or moral within the story.

• Author's point of view

• evaluate

• fact

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

To draw a conclusion based upon what you read and what you already know about the subject (prior knowledge).

• main idea

• infer

• plot

• text evidence

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4B

A statement which tells what the passage is mostly about.

• infer

• draw conclusion

• main idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

A comparison of unlike things using the words like, or as.

• metaphor

• figurative language

• simile

• personfication

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A piece of writing, written in specific form or verses, which uses figurative language to achieve its purpose.

• drama/play

• imagery

• poem

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The location where the story or part of the story takes place.

• plot

• setting

• climax

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9