U2W1 Academic Vocabulary

person or character telling the story

• illustrator

• narrator

• actor

• captain

to show clearly

• demonstrate

• experiment

• ask

• caption

words that have opposite meanings

• simile

• metaphor

• synonyms

• antonyms

to tell how two or more things are alike

• cause

• effect

• compare

• contrast

a retell of the main events from a text

• demonstrate

• plot

• summary

• moral

words that have the same meanings

• simile

• metaphor

• synonyms

• antonyms

details and evidence that proves your writing

• support

• main idea

• summary

• hook

to tell how two or more things are different

• cause

• effect

• compare

• contrast

states the writing topic and task

• essay

• prompt

• conclusion

• story

describes something that helps the reader understand; tells all about it

• sequence

• problem

• solution

• description