4th Grade Reading Academic Vocabulary

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What is inner dialogue?

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When a character thinks something to themselves.

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The theme of the story can teach a lesson to...

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The reader.

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When the author says something, but it means something different, the author is using...

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Figurative language.

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What is the result of something that happens in the story?

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Effect.

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The narrator is not a character in the story. What point of view is this?

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3rd Person POV.

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What is a character's struggle against an outside force called?

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External conflict.

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What is a character's internal struggle called?

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Internal conflict.

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What do we call the main idea or message of a story?

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Theme.

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What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?

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Setting.

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What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile.