Academic Vocabulary Literacy

Front

Large portions of the play

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act

Front

A word that has an opposite meaning

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antonym

Front

A list of the characters in the play.

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Cast of Characters

Front

One act or event that leads to something else happening.

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Cause and Effect

Front

When the ideas or information are presented in time order.

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Chronology

Front

A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses; may be joined by a coordinating conjunction.

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Compound Sentence

Front

How the story ends; the closing of a written text that ties all of the ideas together.

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Conclusion

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A problem the characters must solve.

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Conflict

Front

The words and ideas around unfamiliar words.

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Context

Front

A word used to join two clauses; FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

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Coordinating Conjunction