Academic Vocabulary Week 1

A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

• theme

• plot

• summary

• inference

To examine a text for the purpose of discovering information

• cite

• analyze

• develop

• plot

A statement conveying the author's message or universal lesson

• summary

• inference

• plot

• theme

Details found in the text to support your inference or idea

• Cite

• Textual Evidence

• Central Idea

• Summary

The main events of a story or play

• Textual evidence

• Theme

• Summary

• Plot

To expand an idea and develop in detail

• Analyze

• Cite

• Develop

• Plot

The big idea, main idea, or key point in a nonfiction text

• Textual Evidence

• Plot

• Central Idea

• Summary

To mention or quote as evidence

• Cite

• Inference

• Explicit

• Analyze

A shortened statement in your own words of the main points or events of a text

• Inference

• Textual Evidence

• Summary

• Plot

Stated clearly and in great detail

• Inference

• Plot

• Textual Evidence

• Explicit