Week 19 Academic Vocabulary

When you refer to prefixes AND suffixes, you can call them...

• prefixes

• affixes

• suffixes

• root words

This is a group of letters that are added to the end of the word that may change the meaning of the root word. Some examples include: -ly, -ist, -ed, -ing

• prefix

• suffix

• affix

• root word

These groups of letters are added to the beginning of a word that can change the meaning of the word. Some examples are: im-, mis-, non-, dis-, un

• prefix

• suffix

• root word

• affixe

When we use our evidence from the text plus our schema (previous knowledge and experiences) and we draw a conclusion, this is called...

Some other terms for this word are: drawing conclusion, predicting, assume, conclude

Hint: This is Mrs. Brown's favorite word!

• prediction

• summary

• infer

• theme

The moral or lesson of the story can be referred to as the...

• main idea

• summary

• sequential order

• theme

These are bolded, small titles (similar to subtitles) that tell you what the paragraph is going to be about.

• title

• captions

• headings

• footnotes

At the bottom of the page, you will find more information or definitions about a word in the text. The number in the text matches the information at the bottom of the page. What are these called?

• footnotes

• headings

• captions

• definitions

The sequence of events in a story where one event affects the next event is called the...

• problem and solution

• sequence

• summary

• plot

What the story is mostly about is referred to as the...

• main idea/central idea

• theme

• infer

• plot

The way something is view or seen is called the:

• theme

• heading

• perspective

• plot