Q1 Academic Vocabulary

Front

Explicit

Back

Fully, clearly expressed language, descriptions, information, ideas; state clearly - no doubt what something means; absolutes

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Implied / implicit

Back

Vague language, unclear, cloudy language or meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Inference

Back

The process of drawing a conclusion from supporting evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Parallel episodes

Back

Events that repeat in an ordered fashion; episodes that align with one another; scenes that mirror each other

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Pace

Back

The speed at which a story is told, or the rhythm of the story's events

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Flashback

Back

Moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Narrative

Back

A story - fiction or nonfiction; telling an event or story; an account of experiences

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Conflict, problem, situation, observation

Back

Conflict - occurs when a character's desire is thwarted by opposing forces Internal Conflicts - mental struggles External Conflicts - problems between people

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Point of view

Back

What the character or narrator telling the story can see

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Narrator

Back

The voice that tells a story in literature

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C