Unit 1 Vocabulary

reading words without making mistakes

• mental images

• accuracy

• fluency

• prediction

visualizing or picturing the physical details from a text such as actions, characters, scenes, events, or the setting

• mental images

• inference

• paraphrase

• genre

to state briefly or shorten the main points and main idea of a text

• mental images

• comprehend

• summarize

• prediction

the ability to read a text with an appropriate speed, accuracy, expression, and phrasing, not hurried reading

• accuracy

• paraphrase

• genre

• fluency

a type of inferencing in which a reader thinks about the details in a story to anticipate and think about what will happen next

• prediction

• annotate

• summarize

• inference

to restate the meaning of something in your own words

• genre

• paraphrase

• mental image

• annotate

a logical guess to connect pieces of information, reading between the lines

• comprehend

• fluency

• accuracy

• inference

to understand the meaning of a text

• accuracy

• mental image

• comprehend

• summarize

marking a text with notes and comments in order to improve comprehension and understanding

• fluency

• paraphrase

• annotate

• genre

a specific type of literature or piece of writing

• genre

• fluency

• prediction

• paraphrase