Reading Academic Vocabulary

The reason the author has for writing.

• Prediction
• Author's Purpose
• Main Idea
• Logical Appeal

Words with the opposite meaning.

• Synonym
• Antonym
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole

The narrator or speaker is a character in the story.

• 1st Person POV
• 2nd Person POV
• 3rd Person POV
• Character

Ideas that support the main idea.

• Facts
• Opinions
• Details
• Words

Brief explanation of a picture/illustration.

• Description
• Details
• Main Idea
• Caption

The narrator or speaker is not a character in the story.

• 1st Person POV
• 3rd person POV
• 2nd Person POV
• Protagonist

The main problem the character faces.

• Resolution
• Prediction
• Conflict
• Drama

The time and place a story occurs.

• Flashback
• Fact
• Stage
• Setting

A statement that can be proven true.

• Opinion
• Dialogue
• Excerpt
• Fact

Words that have the same meaning.

• Antonym
• Synonym
• Context Clues
• Facts