Academic Vocabulary 1
Point of View
Poetry Vocabulary
Text Features
Text Structures
Figurative Language
Academic Vocabulary 2
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What is characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution?
The five basic but important story elements.
These essential elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow.
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What is point of view? Or what is perspective?
In literary texts (fictional text), the type of narration used. First person, second person, or third person? What is this called?
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What is a Rhyme?
- a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words.
Give examples.
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- What is text?
- A book or other written or printed work.
- Anything written on paper, poster, signs . . .
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What is Text Features?
The way the author organizes the text.
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- What is a Metaphor?
Examples:
- My friend's sister, Sharon, is a night owl.
- My hands were icicles because of the cold weather.
- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Examples:
- He is a lion when he comes to the field.
- My mom has a heart of gold.
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- The underlying message, lesson, or big idea of the text. It must be universal.
Example:
Hard work pays off.
Love conquers hate.
Honesty is the best policy.
What is Theme?
Example:
Life can take you down many roads
Accept the differences of others.
Be happy with what you have.
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What are Transitional Words?
Words, phrases, clauses, or sentences used to connect ideas and move the reader or listener through a response.
Examples: furthermore, first, next, for example, however, in contrast, accordingly.
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What is first person narrative or point of view pronouns?
Words such as “I”, "me", and “us” and "we", that refer either to the person who said or wrote them.
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What is a Stanza?
- A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
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- What are Text Features?
- The components of a story or article that are not the main body of text.
- Examples: table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and captions, and labeled diagrams
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What is Problem and Solution?
The author gives information about a problem and tells how it is solved.
The author gives information about a problem and tells how it is solved.
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What is a Simile?
- Javion is always as busy as a bee.
- My cousin chatters like a monkey.
- Kitty is as proud as a peacock.
A figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as.
Example
- My love is like a red rose.
- My brother and I fight like cats and dogs all the time.
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- The most important or central thoughts and elements of a text.
Examples: Greed, loyalty, heroism
What is Central Idea?
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What is Context clues?
- Hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.
Examples: in other words, or, the use of synonyms
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What is the 2nd person point of view pronouns?
This point of view belongs to the person (or people) being addressed.
The pronouns used are: you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves.
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What is a Verse?
writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
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- What are captions?
- A title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.
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What is Cause and Effect?
The author tells about an event and what happens after/because of the event.
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- What is a Hyperbole?
Examples:
- “I have a ton of homework to do tonight.”
- “She's as old as the hills.”
- “My backpack weighs a ton.”
- Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Example:
- "I've told you a million times!"
- "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
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- a distinguishing quality (as of personal character)
Examples: honesty, kindness, caring, mean, scary
What is Character Trait?
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What is a summary?
Short details of a story written/spoken in your own words.
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What is the 3rd person point of view pronouns?
This point of view belongs to the person (or people) being talked about.
Pronouns include he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, and themselves.
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- What is Free Verse?
- poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
This is the opposite of a verse which does rhyme.
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- What are graphs?
- a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
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What is Compare and Contrast?
The author tells the similarities and differences about two or more topics or characters.
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- What is Personification?
Examples:
- The storm clouds angrily gathered overhead.
- The ocean waves whispered secrets to the shore.
- The sun lazily climbed the sky.
- A type of metaphor that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects and animals, such as emotions and behaviors.
Example
- The moon smiled down on the earth.
- The leaves rustled in the wind, gossiping with each other.
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What is Infer or Inference?
The story's subject + your background knowledge about the subject + the events in the story = your inference.
To form an opinion from evidence to reach a conclusion based on known facts from the text.
Example: I think it's going to rain because she has an umbrella and rain boots.
I probably gets good grades because he is always reading.
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What are blends?
Look at the spelling of these words. What is the spelling pattern? Digraphs or blends?
clear, group, skate, spray, twin, swing.
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Read the sentences. Decide if its the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd POV?
1. I've come to this coffee shop so often, the barista knows me.
2. You've come to this coffee shop so often, the barista knows you.
1. POV is 1st person
2. POV is 3rd person
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FREE POINTS
FREE POINTS
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Name three text features?
title, subtitle or headings, illustrations, italics, glossaries, dictionary, guided words.
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What is Description?
The author provides many details about something.
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Identify each sentence: metaphor, hyperbole, personification, or simile.
1. I felt like the food kept calling me.
2. Her smile was a mile long
3. As blind as a bat.
4. I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.
1. What is personification?
2. What is hyperbole?
3. What is simile?
4. What is metaphor?
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- What are Picture Clues?
- images in a book which provide hints and indications about the text by invoking certain words in the reader's mind.