Reading Academic Vocabulary 4

Who the message is for.

• Characters
• Theme
• Audience
• Setting

The message, moral, or lesson of a story.

• Secret
• Theme
• Plot
• Details

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A person/animal in a story.

• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Audience
• Character

Writing that is true.

• Fiction
• Sonnet
• Nonfiction
• Free Verse

A pattern (text structure) in nonfiction in which the ideas are presented in order or step by step.

• Description
• Sequence
• Cause/Effect
• Problem/Solution

A type of literature that is meant to be presented on stage.

• Drama
• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Biography

Writing that is not true.

• Nonfiction
• Persuasive
• Informational
• Fiction

The message or idea that is being presented in persuasive writing.

• Sequence
• Plot
• Claim
• Script

The story of a person's life written by themselves.

• Fiction
• Autobiography
• Play
• Biography

A pattern in nonfiction (text structure) that is presented between an event and why it happened.

• Compare/Contrast
• Cause/Effect
• Problem/Solution
• Sequence