INFER Vocabulary Quiz

The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic (persuade, inform, entertain)

• main idea

• summary

• author's purpose

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about

• cause

• main idea

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a brief statement or account of the main points of something

• summary

• mood

• author's purpose

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

life lesson, meaning, or moral of a story or a poem

• effect

• main idea

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

the emotions that you (the reader) feel while you are reading

• infer

• cause

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the way the author expresses his attitude through his writing

• tone

• cause

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the time and place of a story

• effect

• setting

• theme

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

to tell what will happen next

• predict

• clarify

• compare

• infer

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

to make clear and easier to understand

• contrast

• clarify

• factual

• predict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

tell what is the same about two or more things

• compare

• contrast

• cause

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D