OST Vocabulary

The meaning of a word

• Effect

• Glossary

• Definition

• Inference

Important word with a definition in the story

• Vocabulary

• Caption

• Inference

• Definition

Sentences and facts that help identify the main idea

• Main / Central Idea

• Supporting Details

• Inference

• Purpose

When a text is written to inform, explain, entertain or persuade

• Effect

• Main / Central Idea

• Context Clues

• Author's Purpose

The big idea of a whole story or paragraph

• Inference

• Glossary

• Main / Central Idea

• Word Bank

Another word for the story

• Passage / Selection

• Theme

• Glossary

• Main Idea

Pictures in a story

• Illustration

• Main Idea

• Captions

• Word Bank

Words around a picture that explain the picture

• Fact

• Illustration

• Word Bank

• Caption

Like a mini dictionary where you find the meaning of words

• Definition

• Caption

• Glossary

• Opinion

For example "Unhappy"

• Definition

• Glossary

• Base / Root Word

• Word Bank