Academic Vocab

The words characters say

to each other

• Analyze

• Key Details

• Evaluate

• Dialogue

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

The most important pieces of information that help you understand the main idea.

• Setting

• Key Details

• Theme

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Break it down into smaller parts and examine closely to understand it better

• Analyze

• Explain

• Revising

• Organizational Pattern

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Check your writing for mistakes in spelling, grammar, and punctuation to make it correct

• Evaluate

• Editing

• Revising

• Explain

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

When something happens that is the
opposite of what you expect

• Flashback

• Mood

• Character Foil

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The big idea or message 

in a story

• Theme

• Controlling Idea

• Claim

• Mood

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

Make changes to improve your writing by adding, removing, or rearranging parts

• Editing

• Revising

• Analyze

• Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Think about the author's attitude or feelings towards the subject

• Mood

• Tone

• Claim

• Author's Purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Events in a story that build tension

and lead to the climax

• Exposition

• Setting

• Rising Action

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A character who is very different
from another to highlight their traits

• Character Foil

• Audience

• Dialogue

• Author's Craft

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C