Reading Vocabulary

Front

The main character in a story or the character who wants something.

Back

protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

The character in the story who presents a problem or conflict for the main character.

Back

antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

A lesson the readers may learn from the examples set by characters in the story.

Back

theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

A paragraph which identifies the topic and main idea of a text and includes the most important details.

Back

summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

 Words that introduce and connect ideas in reasoning       sentences.

Back

transition words

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Front

Words that identify where in the text a quote comes from, who the speaker was and what the situation is.

Back

signal words

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

Steps a reader may take to determine the meaning of an unknown word. These include context clues, substituting synonyms, finding a root word, or looking at word parts like prefixes and suffixes.

Back

vocabulary strategies

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Front

Words or evidence taken directly from a text, copied word for word correctly, and enclosed with quotation marks.

Back

quote

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

An author’s process of describing a character through details about their physical appearance, thoughts, feelings, words and actions.

Back

characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

Rewriting a quote in your own words to explain its meaning.

Back

Paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9