Academic Vocab

The words characters say

to each other

• Analyze

• Key Details

• Evaluate

• Dialogue

The most important pieces of information that help you understand the main idea.

• Setting

• Key Details

• Theme

• Rising Action

Break it down into smaller parts and examine closely to understand it better

• Analyze

• Explain

• Revising

• Organizational Pattern

Check your writing for mistakes in spelling, grammar, and punctuation to make it correct

• Evaluate

• Editing

• Revising

• Explain

When something happens that is the
opposite of what you expect

• Flashback

• Mood

• Character Foil

• Irony

The big idea or message 

in a story

• Theme

• Controlling Idea

• Claim

• Mood

Make changes to improve your writing by adding, removing, or rearranging parts

• Editing

• Revising

• Analyze

• Evaluate

Think about the author's attitude or feelings towards the subject

• Mood

• Tone

• Claim

• Author's Purpose

Events in a story that build tension

and lead to the climax

• Exposition

• Setting

• Rising Action

• Theme

A character who is very different
from another to highlight their traits

• Character Foil

• Audience

• Dialogue

• Author's Craft