Nonfiction
Academic Vocabulary
Nonfiction Cont...
Nonfiction X3
Wild Card
100
The who or the what of a passage + the most important information about the who or the what.
What is Main Idea?
100
to send (someone or something) to a particular person or place for treatment, help, advice, etc.
What is refer?
100
The text portrays events in the order they occur.
What is Chronological Order?
100
The text focuses on the similarities and differences between two people, things or ideas.
What is Compare and Contrast?
100
an author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
200
The author’s reason for writing.
What is Author's Purpose?
200
to express (something) in an indirect way : to suggest (something) without saying or showing it plainly
What is imply?
200
To use details, facts and evidence from a text to come to a new understanding about a topic or idea.
What is Draw Conclusions?
200
The text focuses on the similarities and differences between two people, things or ideas.
What is Problem and Solution?
200
main idea, lesson, or insight about life
What is theme?
300
An educated guess based on the information in a passage and your prior knowledge (what you already know.)
What is an Infer/Inference?
300
to explain the meaning of (something)
What is interpret?
300
Putting a part of OR all of a text you read into YOUR OWN words.
What is Paraphrase?
300
To find the differences between two or more things.
What is Contrast?
300
an author's word choice
What is diction?
400
Professional or academic language; sometimes uses more difficult (WOW) words.
What is Formal Language?
400
the words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning.
What is context?
400
Taking information from two or more areas of text and adding all this connected information together to come up with a conclusion.
What is Synthesize?
400
What happens as a result of the event or action (what happens after)
What is Effect?
400
– Words that have the same meaning.
What is Synonym?
500
The text emphasizes HOW actions or events CAUSE others to take place.
What is Cause and Effect?
500
most important
What is primary?
500
The way an author arranges/organizes the text.
What is Organizational Pattern?
500
A personal belief or judgment that cannot be proven.
What is Opinion?
500
a metaphor that is used throughout a stanza or an entire poem.
What is Extended Metaphor?
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