LEAP vocabulary

A brief statement of the most important parts of a text listed in chronological order.

• Theme

• Main Idea

• Central Idea

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

___________ is a particular attitude toward something. It's how someone feels about something.

• Theme

• Mood

• Attitude

• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The __________ is the most important part of the text

• Theme

• Main Idea

• Introduction

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The reason an author writes.

• Perspective

• Author's Purpose

• Mood

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Conversation between two characters within a story.

• Tone

• Mood

• Monologue

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The series of events that happen in a story.

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Plot

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Figurative Language

• Category of writing

• Words with opposite meanings

• Descriptive language-words and phrases that do not have the literal meaning

• Sentences and words around an unknown word to figure out the meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Genre

• Words with opposite meanings

• How the passage is written

• Category of writing: non fiction, fiction

• Words with nearly the same meanings

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Synonym

• Words with nearly the same meaning

• Words that mean the opposite

• Category of writing

• The feeling the reader gets when reading a story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Antonyms

• Words with opposite meanings

• Words with nearly the same meanings

• Category of writing

• How the passage is written

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D