Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary

Using what is written to understand elements that are not explicitly stated.

• Comprehension

• Inference

• Summarize

• Paraphrase

Taking notes while reading to increase understanding and connections with a text.

• Inference

• Characterization

• Annotate

• Preposition

The type or category of the selected text.

• Genre

• Audience

• Fiction

• Key Ideas

The person or persons who will read what is written.

• Summarize

• Inference

• Audience

• Point of View

A letter written to someone for a specific purpose.

• Summarize

• Paraphrase

• Inference

• Correspondence

Reading through a draft of writing to find mistakes in spelling and grammar and clarify for clearer meaning.

• Editing

• Drafting

• Predictions

• Paraphrasing

Putting a text in your own words.

• Audience

• Summarize

• Editing

• Paraphrasing

The most important ideas in a text.

• Key Ideas

• Point of View

• Audience

• Drafting

Stating the main ideas of a text in sequential order.

• Audience

• Paraphrasing

• Summarizing

• Editing

The author’s intended message or lesson in a text that can be inferred through analyzing the text.

• Audience

• Theme

• Editing

• Key Ideas