NJSLA Vocabulary Set #2

clues in a story that hint at later events

• foreshadow

• excerpt

• infer

• euphemism

A passage taken from a book (not in its entirety)

• mood

• excerpt

• infer

• euphemism

a conclusion that can be made about someone or something based on clues given in the text, the author does not state it, the reader needs to figure it out

• mood

• paraphrase

• infer

• euphemism

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

• mood

• paraphrase

• recount

• euphemism

how the reader feels about the text while reading

• mood

• paraphrase

• recount

• tone

to restate in your own words

• objective summary

• paraphrase

• recount

• tone

tell someone about an account of an event or experience.

• objective summary

• hypothesize

• recount

• tone

the way the author feels about the subject he or she is writing about

• objective summary

• hypothesize

• bias

• tone

a summary free from opinions or bias.

• objective summary

• hypothesize

• bias

• sequential order

to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven

• theme

• hypothesize

• bias

• sequential order