Reading Academic Vocabulary

article

• the reading passage
• wrote the story
• why something happened and what happened BECAUSE of it
• the main point of the whole story

author

• wrote the story
• the reading passage
• a person in a story
• something someone believes

cause/ effect

• why something happened and what happened BECAUSE of it
• order things happen in time years
• easy to understand
• put together

central idea

• the main point of the whole story
• a picture that shows information
• the last sentence in an idea
• problem

character

• a person in a story
• what a word means
• tell about something
• words that tell how something looks or feels

chart

• a picture that shows information
• gives lots of details
• a small important part of something
• works well

chronological order

• order things happen in time years
• things that happen in a story
• proof
• tell why or how

claim

• something someone believes
• shows or tells
• something that can be proved true
• a thought

clear

• easy to understand
• a picture in a book
• words that help you imagine something
• make better

closing sentence

• the last sentence in an idea
• guess using clues and background knowledge
• gives facts or information
• an important thought