Non fiction Vocabulary

Emphasize

• The reason why the story is written

• To draw attention to or show importance

• The way things are arranged

Purpose

• The reason why the story is written

• To draw attention to or show importance

• The way things are arranged

Organizes

• The reason why the story is written

• To draw attention to or show importance

• The way things are arranged

Support

• To help grow or expand on an event or character in the story

• What the story is mostly about

• To help or assist

Main Idea

• To help grow or expand an event or character in the story

• What the story is mostly about

• To help or assist

Develop

• To help grow or expand on an event or character in the story

• What the story is mostly about

• To help or assist

Explains

• To show or help understand

• What the author thinks or believes about something

• Using your prior knowledge or evidence from the story to draw conclusions

Opinion

• To show or help understand

• What the author thinks or believes about something

• Using your prior knowledge or evidence from the story to draw conclusions

Infer

• To show or help understand

• What the author thinks or believes about something

• Using your prior knowledge or evidence from the story to draw conclusions

Detail

• Leads the reader to believe something through events in the story

• Specific information in the story

• Retells the main events in the story