ELA Academic Vocabulary

The series of events in a story make up the ...

• plot

• rising action

• diagram

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The _____ is a struggle between opposing forces. Also known as the problem.

• rising action

• conflict

• climax

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The _____ is the time period, physical location, and cultural influence in a story.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• setting

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The order in which things happen is the . . .

• foreshadowing

• sequence

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

_____ is a hint or clue about what will happen later.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A break in a story that will tell about something that happened at an earlier time is a . . .

• foreshadowing

• exposition

• antagonist

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The _____ is the feeling the reader/audience gets from reading a story.

• mood

• energy

• tone

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The _____ is a writer's attitude or feelings about a topic.

• mood

• energy

• tone

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

To _____ is to use your own words to retell the main ideas of a text.

• summarize

• plagiarize

• analyze

• synthesize

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Titles, subheadings, sidebars, and captions in an informational text are examples of . . .

• text features

• arguments

• opinions

• facts

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D