Academic Vocabulary #1

Time and place in which a story takes place.

• plot

• nuance

• theme

• setting

To examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes.

• analyze

• stanza

• connotation

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

A feeling or thought that something is possible.

• connotation

• tone

• analyze

• suspicion

The main events of a play, novel, movie or similar work.

• plot

• analyze

• setting

• nuance

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The secondary meaning of a word.

• stanza

• connotation

• plot

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The dictionary meaning of a word. A direct meaning.

• tone

• suspicion

• setting

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

An author's attitude toward his or her audiences and characters.

• nuance

• tone

• analyze

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

A grouped set of lines within a poem.

• tone

• stanza

• theme

• suspicion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

A small difference in sound, feeling, appearance, or meaning.

• plot

• connotation

• nuance

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The central topic, subject, or message within a literary work.

• plot

• theme

• denotation

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2