Reading Academic Vocabulary 4

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Writing that is true.

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Nonfiction: A genre of writing that presents facts and real events.

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The message, moral, or lesson of a story.

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Theme: The central idea or underlying message in a literary work.

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The story of a person's life written by someone else.

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Biography: A detailed description of a person's life written by another person.

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A pattern in nonfiction (text structure) that is presented between an event and why it happened.

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Cause/Effect: A text structure that explains reasons why something happened.

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A pattern (text structure) in nonfiction in which the ideas are presented in order or step by step.

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Sequence: A text structure that presents information in a specific order.

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A type of writing that is made up and not based on real events.

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Fiction: A genre of writing that includes imaginary events and characters.

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A type of poem that has a specific structure and often expresses feelings.

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Sonnet: A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

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The main events of a story, including the beginning, middle, and end.

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Plot: The sequence of events that make up a story.

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A text structure that compares two or more things to show their similarities and differences.

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Compare/Contrast: A method of organizing information by highlighting similarities and differences.

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A problem and its solution presented in a text.

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Problem/Solution: A text structure that identifies a problem and proposes one or more solutions.