Academic Vocab 1

When & where a story takes place

• setting

• theme

• thesis

• cohesion

the main point of your argument essay

• inference

• analyze

• claim

• contribute

to examine closely

• analyze

• claim

• thesis

• cohesion

to flow smoothly/ fit together well/ work together well

• inference

• characteristic

• analyze

• cohesion

to show favoritism towards or judgement against

• inference

• bias

• claim

• analyze

an educated guess...to use clues to make a conclusion

• bias

• contribute

• claim

• inference

a trait or quality that a character or person has

• characteristic

• thesis

• theme

• cohesion

a sentence that gives the main point of your explanatory/informative essay

• thesis

• characteristic

• bias

• setting

to help something be successful

• inference

• contribute

• thesis

• setting

a big idea, message, or life lesson that you could get from a story, movie, song, poem, etc.

• setting

• analyze

• theme

• contribute