Unit 1 : 7th-grade Academic vocabulary

Describing the characters in the story.

 Explicit meaning is an idea that is clearly stated, unambiguous, and leaves little room for interpretation 

A classification of literature such as : poetry, drama, prose, fiction, and nonfiction.

Marking a text with notes and/or comments.

Mental images is a mental picture of something not real or present that is produced by the memory or the imagination

An idea that must be inferred through an analysis of details, actions, tone, dialogue, body language, visuals, etc.

The purpose of reading is to "understand ... [and] learn from the experience.

   Prediction is not a form of inference in which the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to anticipate . . . .

 Author is not the person who wrote the story or article.

 Is the literary device that turns words and sentences into a story. 

A logical guess made by connecting bits of information