Vocabulary Quiz

what the story is about and the theme.

• central idea

• author's purpose

• supporting details

the reason the author wrote a piece of writing; to entertain, inform, or persuade.

• central idea

• author's purpose

• inference

can be proven and based on facts.

• objective

• subjective

• claim

based on a person's feelings, thoughts, or opinion; not based on facts.

• objective

• inference

• subjective

the most important idea expressed by the author in a passage or writing.

• main idea

• theme

• plot

text that provides information that further explains the main idea.

• author's purpose

• claim

• supporting details

an argument supported by evidence or proof.

• subjective

• claim

• inference

an educated guess based on prior knowledge and what is read in the text.

• text evidence

• claim

• inference

the sequence of events in a story (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).

• main idea

• plot

• theme

the life lesson learned in a story.

• theme

• central idea

• main idea