SC READY Academic Vocabulary

The important parts of the story, including the problem, or conflict, plot events, and the problem’s solution, or resolution, and how they work together.

• Author's Purpose

• Summary

• Story Structure

• Text Features

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The way the writer arranges the text for understanding (introduction, development, and conclusion).

• Organization

• Plot

• Conflict

• Graphic Features

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Parts of the text, such as titles, headings, or captions.

• Essay

• Analyze

• Text Features

• Context

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A writing of multiple paragraphs.

• Style

• Author's Structure

• Essay

• Development

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A word part added to the beginning of a root or root word.

• Root Word

• Style

• Stanza

• Prefix

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Information you already know from personal experiences.

• Tone

• Schema

• Genre

• Author's Bias

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The author’s opinion.

• Author's Bias

• Author's Structure

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The “body” of the essay where information is built upon.

• Introduction

• Stanza

• Development

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

To find ways that two or more things are different.

• Infer

• Contrast

• Compare

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A judgment reached through reasoning.

• Generalization

• Infer

• Main Idea

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2