Academic Vocabulary ELA

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

• summarize

• plagiarize

• analyze

• synthesize

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

• rising action

• conflict

• climax

• protagonist

The _____ is the time, place, and culture of a society.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• setting

• mood

The order in which things happen is the . . .

• foreshadowing

• sequence

• rising action

• falling action

describe

• 
  a larger-life lesson or message that is made clear in a text based on the main character’s growth

• 
  presents a clear picture of a person, place, thing, or idea; uses details or sensory words

• 
  to elaborate; to express or make clear over time

• 
  acceptable; trustworthy

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

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

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• resolution

• climax

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

• foreshadowing

• exposition

• antagonist

• flashback

The reason why something happens is the . . .

• cause

• resolution

• exposition

• effect

A(n) _____ is a result of something that happens.

• effect

• setting

• cause

• plot