Vocab 1
Understanding something not directly stated in a reading.
Assumption
Story told using "I" statements. From the main character's point of view
1st person point of view
Text by illustration giving additional information about the subject
Captions
Message or moral of the story
Theme
Something that is alike something else
Similarity
Reason the author writes(to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to explain)
Author's Purpose
Smart-Alec comments or wry humor in a story
Sarcasm
Turning point in the story, high point
Climax
Figure of speech comparing two different things, using "like" or "as"
Simile
Being funny, comedy
Humor
Making a generalization from the end of a story, passage, or text
Drawing a conclusion
Emphasize the similarities or differences between two texts
Compare
Problem in the story
Conflict
A chain of related events that make up a story
plot
A word that represents a sound, whiz, buzz, whoopee
Onomatopoeia
Making a prediction based on what you already know and what you have read in the text
Infer/inference
Organization of a text
Structure
To solve something-conclusion of a story
Resolution
break apart
Analyze
Knowledge on which to base a belief
Evidence
Isolated facts that support ideas
Details
The shortened version with only the main points or giving the important ideas in a text.
Summarize
Hint at future events
Foreshadow
Quote sources
Cite
Make plain or define
Explain