Academic Vocabulary 2015

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2	Kindergarten	First Grade	First Grade mClass Specific Vocabulary	Second Grade	Third Grade	Fourth Grade	Fifth Grade	Sixth Grade	Seventh Grade	Eighth Grade	Eng I	Eng II	Eng III	Eng IV

3	Alphabet	adjectives	who	Adverb	abstract nouns	Reading Literature	Accurate	Analysis	Alternate	Allusions	Allusion	Allegory	Annotate	Abstract
4	Author	audience	what	Alliteration	audience	inference	Adage	Bias	Analyze	Analogy	Aside	Allusion	Citation	Analyze
5	Back	blends	when	Analyze	compare/contrast similarities/differences	theme	Analyze	Bibliographic	Audience	Analyze	Bias	Analysis	Context	Annotate
6	Beginning	character traits	where	Apostrophe	captions	drama	Apposition	Coherent	Categorize	Argumentative	Connotation	Andecdotal Information	Counterclaim	Connotation
7	Book	collaborate	why	Author's Purpose	cause and effect	prose	Argumentative	Conventions	Clarify	Bias	Coherence	Archetype	Diction	Evidence
8	Capital	comma	how	Bold Print	complex sentence	mythology	Author’s craft	Convey	Collaborate	Characterization	Clauses	Audience	Ethos	Explicit
9	Characters	complete sentence	setting	Bullets	conclusion	verse	Autobiography	Cite	Complexity	Citation	Comedy	Clarity	Explicit	Diction
10	Consonant	compound sentence	part of the story	Caption	connections/connected	meter	Biography	Credible	Composition	Claim	Claim	Coherence	Fallacy	Implicit
11	Details	comprehend	learn	Compare	context clues	stage directions	Cite	cues	conceptual/concept	Connotation/denotation	Character Motivation	Collaboration	Implicit	Inference
12	Different	conjunction	explain	Conclusion	diagrams/maps	narration	Clause	Elaborate	Concise	Elaborate	Denotation	Colon Usage	Literary nonfiction	Media
13	End	connections	happened	Context Clues	dialogue		Compare	explanatory text	Correspond	Evaluate	Diction	Consensus	Logos	MLA/APA
14	Events	define	important part	Contraction	fable	Reading Informational Text	Conclude	Explicitly	Elaborate	Evidence	Dynamic Character	Counter Claim	MLA/APA	Objective
15	Exclamation mark	detail	alike	Contrast	figurative language	chronology	Conjunctions	figurative/connotative	Embellish	Explanatory/information	Evidence	Credibility	Nuance	Perspective
16	Fluent	diagraph	different	Definition	folktale	first hand account	Consult	formal voice	Evidence	Expository	Foil	Cultural Perspective	Paradox	Purpose
17	Front	discussion	compare	Details	genre	second hand account	Contrast	Greek/Latin affixes	Exposure	Generalize	Inference	Digital Media	Pathos	Sarcasm
18	Group	expression	contrast	Diagram	headings	timeline	Debate	Implied	Figurative	Imagery/sensory	Monologue	Editorial	Rhetoric	Satire
19	Illustrations	fable	first/next/last	Expression	illustrations/pictures	animations	Dialect	Inference	Format	Inference	Mood	Essay Types: Argumentative, Expository, Narrative	Sarcasm	Sonnet
20	Illustrator	fluency	problem	Fable	italics	interactive elements	Dialogue	Informational text	Function	Irony	Objective	Euphemism	Satire	Style
21	Letters	glossary	problem solved	Facts	keywords	text features	Elaborate	Inquiry	Implement	Literal/Figurative	Parallelism	Generalization	Seminal	Structure
22	Like	heading	beginning	Folktale	line	text structures	Establish	Interpret	Inconsistencies	Memoir	Plot Structure	Grammatical Phrases	Structure	Subjective
23	Listen	informational text	middle	Genre	literal/nonliteral		Evaluate	Multimedia	Influence	Paraphrase	Figurative Language	Oxymoron	Style	Syntax
24	Lowercase	lesson(moral of the story)	end	Glossary	main idea/key details/specific details	Reading Foundational Skills	Evidence	multiple meaning words	Interact	Point of view	Purpose	Parable	Syntax	Synthesis
25	Main idea	narrative text	support	Heading	mood	affix	Examine	Paraphrase	Literary	Relevant/irrelevant	Soliloquy	Parallel Structure	Synthesis	Tone
26	Middle	nouns	explain	Historical Fiction	moral/central message/lesson	root	Expository	Perceive	Manipulate	Stereotype	Static Character	Parenthetical Citation (MLA)	Textual evidence	Voice
27	period	opinion	important ideas	Illustration	myth		Expression	Plagiarism	Medium	Style	Subjective	Pronoun Types	Understatement
28	Question mark	phrase	reasons	Index	narrator	Writing	Figurative language	point of view	mood	Support	Subject Verb Agreement	Quality	Validity
29	Read	plot	key ideas	Informative	plot/storyline	transitional words	Fluency	preliminary determination	Valid	Symbolism	Theme	Semicolon Usage	Voice
30	Retell	poem	text features	Introduction	point of view	concrete words	Graphic	primary/ secondary sources	Structure	Theme	Thesis Statement	Synthesize
31		prefix	identify				Graphic
32	Rhyme	problem	specific	Italics	prefix/suffix	sensory details	Idiom	Vague	Synthesize	Transition words	Tone	Theme
33	Setting	pronouns	information	Key Idea	recount	formatting	Inference	Significance	Technical	Satire	Tragedy	Thesis Statement
34	Sight word	punctuation	explain	Main Idea	scene	headings	informational text	Thesis	tone	Textual Evidence	Characterization	Validity
35	Sound out	segment	cause/effect	Moral	sequence	quotations	Interjections	Nuances	Unique	Thesis	Hyperbole	Works Cited
36	Space	sequence	lesson	Opinion	sidebars	categorize	Interpret	relevant evidence	Relevant	Works Cited	Plagiarism
37	Text	setting	describe	Paragraph	stanza		Logical	Rubric	Cite		Protagonist
38	Title	solution		Plot	subheadings	Speaking and Listening	Metaphor	Pronouns	Connotation/Denotation		Antagonist
39	Title Page	solve		Poem	summarize	paraphrase	Mood		Evaluate		Conflict
40	Uppercase	suffix		Point of View	text features	pose (ask a question)	Multi-media		Explicit
41	Vowel	summary		Pronoun	theme/central message		Narrative		Explanatory
42	Word	syllables		Purpose		Language	Paraphrase		Inference
43		table of contents		Revise/Edit		relative adverbs/pronouns	Perspective		Nuance
44		text feature		Rhyme		prepositional phrases	Persuasive		Paraphrase
45		verbs		Rhythm		progressive verb tenses	Prepositions		Point of View
46		writing process		Subheading		fragments	Proofread
47				Table of Contents		run-ons	Proverb
48				Text Features		coordinating conjunction	Quote
49				Topic		compound sentence	Realistic Fiction
50						similes	Reflection
51						metaphors	Register
52						idioms	Research
53						adages	Revise
54						proverbs	Simile
55						synonyms	Source
56						antonyms	Stanza
57							Summarize
58							Theme
59							Tone
60							Validity
61							Voice
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