Academic Vocabulary
This means a statement made that needs to be proven
What is a claim?
This word means to spend your money wisely or save your money
What is frugal?
The author of Hidden Figures
Who is Margot Shetterly?
These countries were in the Space Race
Russia and the United States
This method gives specific, vivid details or an idea or concept
What is Description?
This is the proof to support a claim from a credible source
to give authority or power to do something
What is empowered?
The first woman who is discussed in the book
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
This war led to the Space Race
What is the Cold War?
Ideas of an individual may not be shared aloud, but they are shared with us as readers
What are Inner Thoughts?
This describes the feeling of the word as it is used in a phrase or sentence
What is connotation?
violent or unsteady movement of air or water or some other fluid...most times you feel this on an airplane
What is turbulence?
What is Newsome Park?
The name of the president who encouraged Congress to provide the funding to get to the moon
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The actual words spoken by an individual to another individual
What is dialogue?
This is why pieces of evidence from credible sources support a claim
What is reasoning?
to force open
What is pry?
Mary Jackson was the first black mathematician at Langley who became
What is an engineer?
The three astronauts who went to the moon
Who are Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins?
Directly explaining information, used in informational texts.
What is Exposition?
This is a piece of a larger text
What is an excerpt?
another word for astonishing
What is impeccable?
Katherine Goble Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan were this before they became employed at Langley
What is math teacher?
The date of Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon
What is July 20, 1969?
Specific instance or sample to illustrate an idea or a concept.