7th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

Where and when a story takes place

A word that is used in place of a noun

An educated guess based on evidence in a text and what you already know

The most important idea in a text (main idea)

The series of related events that build toward the climax of a story 

The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved

A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as

The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)

Name that tune!

A view that someone takes on a certain issue based on a personal judgement

A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman

The emotion or judgement that a word expresses

A person, animal or other creature that takes part in the action of a story or poem

To look for differences

Something that brings about an effect or a result

Who produced this movie?

The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve

The solution to the problem or the part of the plot that takes place after the climax

The dictionary definition of a word 

Who sings this song?

The main part of a word

Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text

A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as

Point of View that uses the pronouns I, me, my

The result of a cause

Point of View told by a narrator and you only know the thoughts and feelings of one character

The central message of a text

The person who tells a story

Name the book.

How a text is organized, such as sequence, cause and effect, or compare and contrast 

Who sings this song?

To look for similarities 

Point of View when you know the thoughts and feelings of more than one character 

Point of View that is told from the "you" perspective

To restate the main points of a text