Academic Vocabulary week 5

the reason the author wrote the story or article

• author's purpose

• entertain

• inform

• explain

a story or article that you might read for fun (such as a narrative)

• author's purpose

• entertain

• inform

• explain

a story or article that gives information or news

• author's purpose

• entertain

• inform

• explain

giving directions how to do something or why something happened

• author's purpose

• entertain

• inform

• explain

trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence

• persuade

• express

• text features

• caption

to share thoughts and feelings

• persuade

• express

• text features

• caption

graphic ways that a writer gives the reader information (used in nonfiction)

• persuade

• express

• text features

• caption

a short description that gives information about a picture, diagram, or photo

• persuade

• express

• text features

• caption

names given to smaller sections of text

• headings

• diagram

• caption

• text features

a drawing with labels that shows parts of an object or how something works

• headings

• diagram

• caption

• text features