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R+ Core Vocabulary
ELA Core Vocabulary used for Vocabulary Matching (Week 2)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| character | One of the people or animals in a story |
| setting | The time and place a story occurs |
| plot | The series of events in a story that reveal the exposition, conflict, rising action, and resolution |
| conflict | The problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story |
| climax | The most exciting part of the story or the point of highest emotional intensity |
| falling action | The action following the climax that leads the reader to the story's ending; events fall into place |
| resolution | The conclusion of the story, where the story is "wrapped up" |
| inference | To make an educated guess based on evidence in the text |
| point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |
| figurative language | The use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner to create a special effect or feeling. Examples: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom. |
| summarize | To provide/describe the key points in a concise manner (beginning, middle, end) in your own words |
| predict | To foretell or say what is going to happen, usually based on evidence in the story |
| exposition | Where the setting and characters are introduced |
| text feature | Parts of a reading passage that "stand out" from the rest of the information; used to bring attention to important information. Examples: headings, diagrams, sidebars, captions, etc. |
| text structure | How information in a text is organized (chronological order, cause/effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution, sequence & description) |
| foreshadowing | A hint that something is going to happen in the story; the author drops hints to prepare the reader for the outcome |
| flashback | Interruption of the story to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story; "looking back" |
| compare/contrast | To identify how things are alike and how they are different |
| cause/effect | A relationship between events such that one thing is the result of another |
| theme | The message, lesson or moral of a story |
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