Academic Vocabulary ELA 4th/5th

the people, animals, or creatures in a story

• characters

• exposition

• plot

• setting

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ELAGSE5RL2

ELAGSE5RL3

ELAGSE4RL5

ELAGSE5L6

ELAGSE4L6

a story

• It was a dark

• and stormy night.

• narrative

• dialogue

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ELAGSE4W3

ELAGSE5W3

ELAGSE5L6

ELAGSE4L6

where and when the story takes place

• setting

• theme

• climax

• plot

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ELAGSE5RL3

ELAGSE4RL3

ELAGSE4L6

ELAGSE5L6

Find differences

• contrast

• narrative

• conflict

• compare

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ELAGSE4RL9

ELAGSE5L6

ELAGSE5RI5

ELAGSE4L6

story with imagined future scientific or technological advances and may include: aliens, space travel, telepathy, robots, or time travel

• science fiction

• nonfiction

• rising action

• fantasy

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ELAGSE4L6

ELAGSE5L6

ELAGSE5RL10

ELAGSE4RL10

to put things together to see how they are the same

• Venn Diagram

• compare

• conflict

• contrast

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ELAGSE5RL3

ELAGSE4RL9

ELAGSE4L6

ELAGSE5L6

two circles that overlap each other to show how a text is similar and different

• different

• Flow Chart

• Graphic Organizer

• Venn Diagram

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ELAGSE5RL3

ELAGSE4RL9

ELAGSE5L6

ELAGSE4L6

the lesson the author wants us to learn about the story

• plot

• theme

• climax

• different

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ELAGSE4RL2

ELAGSE5RL2

ELAGSE4L6

ELAGSE5L6

punctuation used to show what someone is saying

• question mark

• period

• comma

• quotation marks

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ELAGSE5W3

ELAGSE4W3

ELAGSE4L2

ELAGSE5L2

ELAGSE4L6

the series of events, including struggles or conflicts, that build a story toward a climax.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

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ELAGSE4L6

ELAGSE5L6

ELAGSE5RL5

ELAGSE4RL5