Academic Vocabulary Week 5

What is the author's purpose?

• A short description that gives information about a picture, diagram, or photo

• The reason the author wrote the story or article

• A story or article that gives information or news

• Trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence

What does it mean to entertain?

• Giving directions on how to do something or why something happened

• A story or article that you might read for fun (such as narrative)

• Graphic ways that a writer gives the reader information (used in non-fiction)

• Names given to smaller sections of texts

What is a text feature?

• To share thoughts and feelings

• To give graphic ways that a writer gives the reader information (used in non-fiction)

• To make the reader believe a certain way, to influence

• To provide a short description that gives information about a picture, diagram, or photo

What is a caption?

• A drawing with labels that shows parts of an object or how something works

• A story or article that gives information or news

• A short description that gives information about a picture, diagram, or photo

• Names given to smaller sections of texts

What are headings?

• Graphic ways that a writer gives the reader information (used in non-fiction)

• A drawing with labels that shows parts of an object or how something works

• Names given to smaller sections of texts

• A short description that gives information about a picture, diagram, or photo

What is a diagram?

• A story or article that you might read for fun (such as narrative)

• A drawing with labels that shows parts of an object or how something works

• Names given to smaller sections of texts

• A short description that gives information about a picture, diagram, or photo

A story or article that gives information or news?

• Inform

• Express

• Caption

• Entertain

Giving directions how to do something or why something happened.

• Explain

• Entertain

• Author's Purpose

• Inform

Trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence.

• Persuade

• Express

• Caption

• Headings

To share thoughts or feelings.

• Express

• Explain

• Diagram

• Entertain