Reading Academic Vocabulary

Front

What is the message, lesson, or moral the author wants you to learn from the story?

Back

Theme

Front

What is the whole text or a paragraph mostly about?

Back

Main Idea/Central Idea

Front

What are sentences or facts that explain or prove the main idea?

Back

Supporting Details

Front

What does it mean to make a good guess using clues from the story and what you already know?

Back

Infer

Front

What are words or details from the text that support your answer?

Back

Evidence

Front

What are words or phrases around an unknown word that help you figure out its meaning?

Back

Context Clues

Front

Who is the person or voice telling the story?

Back

Narrator

Front

What is the way a story is told, such as first person or third person?

Back

Point of View

Front

How does a character feel or think about something that happens?

Back

Perspective

Front

When and where does a story take place?

Back

Setting