Indiana Academic Vocabulary List 2

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

• Setting

• Cite

• Theme

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a brief statement or account of the main points of something

• summary

• plot

• analyze

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a person in a novel, play, or movie.

• context

• media

• theme

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a person who delivers a commentary accompanying a movie, broadcast, piece of music

• mood

• narrator

• plot

• episode

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a sequence of continuous action in a play, movie, opera, or book

• stanza

• scene

• plot

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

• plot

• mood

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

• episode

• stanza

• plot

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a usually brief unit of action in a dramatic or literary work

• stanza

• episode

• theme

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

what the text is mainly about

• summary

• plot

• central idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

end of the story after the climax

• theme

• resolution

• textual evidence

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D