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Academic Vocab
Poetry and Drama
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General Vocab
4th Grade
02/21/2018

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Stanza
Definition
a group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph
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line
Definition
a group of words in one line
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rhyme
Definition
words that have the same ending sound
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rhyme scheme
Definition
the pattern of rhyming words in a poem
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characters
Definition
the people in play
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stage directions
Definition

tell the character what to do 

(usually in parenthesis or italics)

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dialouge
Definition
a conversation; speaking and listening
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scene
Definition
how a play is divided
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folktale
Definition
a story passed down from one generation to another
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informational text
Definition
a selection written to inform
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theme
Definition
the lesson learned in a story
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point of view
Definition

who is telling the story

first person - the author is telling their own story

third person - the author is telling a story about others

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simile
Definition
compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'
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metaphor
Definition
compares two things by saying something IS something else
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infer/inference
Definition

 a conclusion drawn from background knowledge AND text evidence

 

background knowledge - what you already know about something

text evidence - what the author writes in the text

 

background knowledge + text evidence = inference

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