Academic Vocabulary #1

An ______ is a question or comment that you write directly on a text to capture your reaction to what you are reading.

• announcement

• annotation

• anecdote

• anaconda

An _______ is an idea that a reader forms about a text by combining textual evidence and his or her own reasoning and background knowledge.

• interjection

• interrogative

• image

• inference

An ______ is a judgment about a text's content or the effectiveness of the writer's craft.

• emu

• evolution

• evaluation

• illustration

_______ are hints in the surrounding text that a reader can use to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

• Examples

• Context Clues

• Paraphrase

• Inferences

________ is when an animal or object takes on human characteristics and performs human functions.

• Humanism

• Characterization

• Anthropomorphism

• Imagery

Details that a reader can use to support his or her ideas and opinions about a text.

• textual evidence

• analysis

• quotations

• summary

Evidence that is directly stated in a text is _______.

• Interpret

• Explicit

• Extreme

• Implicit

Text evidence that is not directly stated, but suggested is called _______.

• Informational

• Explicit

• Dialogue

• Implicit

A person, animal, or other being portrayed in a story is _________.

• personification

• imagery

• an example

• character

The final outcome of the story's conflict is _______.

• dialogue

• plot

• resolution

• the end