Academic Vocabulary
When you show the similarities between two or more things.
What is compare?
Comparing two or more things using "like" or "as".
What is simile?
Specific piece of information that supports a claim
What is evidence?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is plot?
A story that is not true.
What is fiction?
To make known or understandable.
What is convey, show, or explain?
Comparing two or more things NOT using "like" or "as" but saying something IS or WAS the other thing.
What is a metaphor?
Words that help your writing flow and guide the reader.
What are transition words?
A story is told by a character in the story.
What is first person?
The main parts/paragraphs of an essay.
What are the introduction, body, and conclusion?
The good guy or hero of the story.
What is protagonist?
Words that represent sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
This part of writing tells the reader your topic, claim, and three reasons. It is the last sentence in the introduction paragraph.
What is the thesis statement?
A noun.
What is a person, place, or thing?
A thing that represents or stands for something else.
What is Symbol?
To make an educated guess based on the clues.
What is inference?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
To grab your reader's attention from the first sentence of your essay and make them want to keep reading.
What is the hook?
A conversation between two or more people is known as this.
What is dialogue?
What you already know.
What is background information?
A hint or clue in the story that something will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
Giving something not alive, human or living qualitites.
What is personification?
How the author feels about the subject
What is Author's Perspective or Point of View?
The bad guy, villain, or character that tries to hold back the action.
What is the antagonist?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?