LEAP Vocabulary Prep

Central/Main Idea

• the lesson or moral of the story

• the author's message he/she is trying to deliver

• the claim of the text

• what happened in the text

Convey

• think

• know

• show

• grow

Contribute

• setting

• glow

• grow

• add to

Develop

• grow

• show

• setting

• add to

Context Clues

• using where the story takes place to make inferences

• using the text to find a definition

• using where the story takes place to make inferences

• using the text to solve a mystery in the text

Emotional

• the way someone learns

• the way someone talks

• the way someone connects

• the way someone feels

Mood

• the author's attitude

• the reader's attitude

• where the story takes place

• the character's personality

Inferences

• figure out a word based on clues

• to know what happens in the story before finishing

• make an educated guess base on the text and your life

• to think about how the text impacts you

Conflict

• problem

• reason

• feeling

• helping

Summary

• to tell the entire story

• to figure out what every word means

• explaining the text in a few sentences

• the time of the year the text is set