Academic Vocabulary
Writing
Figurative Language
Reading
Miscellaneous
100
Modern, Present-Day
What is Contemporary
100
Writing to explain, describe, or inform.
What is expository writing?
100
Giving non-human things human qualities or characteristics.
What is personification?
100
The events of a story.
What is plot?
100
The character who the reader goes no the journey with.
What is a protagonist?
200
Circling words you don't understand, writing notes in the margins, highlighting, etc...all as you read a text
What is annotation?
200
Writing to convince your audience to take action or believe what you believe.
What is persuasion or argument writing?
200
"I'm so hungry, I could eat everything inside this restaurant." An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
200
The two major types of conflict.
What are external and internal?
200
This character's personality stays the same throughout the entire story.
What is a static character?
300
Text that is real; not "made-up"
What is non-fiction?
300
Writing to tell a creative or personal story.
What is narrative?
300
Flower:Petal::Car:_______ This type of puzzle.
What is an analogy?
300
Example of this type of conflict: A gladiator is forced to fight in the arena with a tiger.
What is character v. nature?
300
The type of annotation we used at the beginning of the school year. You fold your paper "hotdog" style...
What are Cornell Notes?
400
Using direct quotes or paraphrasing information you found in a text to support your answer to a question or prompt.
What is citing evidence?
400
The true story of someone's life, written by the person who lived it.
What is an autobiography?
400
Clues that help the audience predict what will happen in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Conversation between characters.
What is dialogue?
400
What the acronym S.P.A.T. stands for.
What is Situation, Purpose, Audience, Task?
500
The literal, or dictionary, definition of a word.
What is denotation?
500
The writing strategy used to help organize writing. (Please tell both the name, what it stands for, and the order in which you use it.)
What is T.A.D.?
500
The overall message of a story.
What is theme?
500
The part of the plot that introduces character and setting.
What is exposition?
500
Mrs. Penrose's first name.
What is Catherine/Catie?
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