Academic Vocabulary
Word Parts
Parts of a story
Tone
100

This word is used when the reader looks carefully and pays attention to all parts

What is to analyze

100

-ful in the word, spoonful, is considered this

What is a suffix?

100

This part of the story includes events that lead up to the climax

What is the rising action? 

100

Example #1

Father: “We are going on a vacation.”
Son: “That’s great!!!”

What is the tone? 

What is cheerful tone?

200

A statement made by the reader based on facts or observations from the text combined with background (what I know) 

What is inferences? 

200

This prefix means against

What is anti-

200

This is the ending of the story, where the conflicts are solved.

What is the resolution? 

200

“Can someone tell me what the heck is going on here?” 

What is the tone? 

What is aggressive/mad? 

300

Information that is proven and taken directly from the text. 

What is textual evidence? 

300

In the word, misunderstood, the prefix mis- would mean this

What is wrongly or not?

300

The beginning of a story that introduces the characters, conflict, and the setting. 

What is the exposition? 

300

What tone does this picture display? 

What is eerie/scary? 

400

The lesson or moral that a text/story reveals to the reader

What is a theme?

400

In the word unacceptable, which part of the word is the base word? 

What is accept? 

400

Actions and events that occur after the climax

What is falling action? 

400

What tone does this picture display? 

What is romantic?

500

The main point that the author is making, what the text is mostly about

What is the central idea?

500

The suffix -less would have this meaning, example speechless

What is without

500

The turning point of the story with the greatest suspense and action.

What is the climax? 

500

What tone is be displayed from the poem? 

What is reflective?