Academic Vocabulary Unit 1

a form of inference in which the reader gathers information, considers the general thoughts or ideas that emerge

the words, sentences, or passages that preceded or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage.

struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character.

to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole.

important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main ideas.

anything that stands for or represents something else

a logical guess made by connecting bits of information.

The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story; key element in fiction and drama; "hook"

the study skill of outlining or summarizing the ideas of a lecture, a book, or another source of information.

restate the meaning of something in difference words. 

the process of 2 or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing where all member speaks & are heard

paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader's claim, thought, inference, or analysis...

A situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome

the reason an author writes about a particular topic; the reason an author includes particular details, features, etc.

marking a text with notes and/or comments.

written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea.