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Language Arts Vocabulary
academic vocabulary for ELA
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English
6th Grade
10/23/2012

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Author’s purpose
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The reason the author wrote the selection
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Character traits
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Ways of speaking and acting that show what a character is like
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Narrative
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A story or account of events or experiences
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Voice
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The author’s style that makes his/her writing unique
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Theme
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In fiction, the big idea or lesson the author wants the reader to know
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Literary
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Having to do with books or writing
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Dialogue
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The conversation spoken aloud between characters
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Text features
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Parts of a text such as titles, headings, or special type of font
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summarize
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to briefly tell the important ideas in a text
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foreshadow
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to suggest beforehand what is going to happen later
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compare
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to find ways that two or more things are similar
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infer
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to figure out something that is not stated directly
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flashback
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an interruption in the story to tell about past events
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supporting details
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a factor or example that tells more about the main idea
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contrast
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to find ways that two or more things are different
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persuade
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to convince someone to think or act in a certain way
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conflict
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major problem or obstacle
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informational
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knowledge communicate concerning facts
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plot
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the plan of a literary work
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central idea
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an important idea about the topic
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visualize
Definition
use text details to form pictures in your mind
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