Reading Vocabulary

2. to say what will happen
3. the overall “idea” of a paragraph or text
6. give evidence by providing details
9. the attitude of the writer of a text EX: humorous; serious
10. words that appeal to the five senses: hearing, smell, taste, touch, & sight
11. the feeling you get after you have read a text EX: excitement; depressing
16. to try to convince someone to do something
18. what happened (What happened?)
19. to tell the differences between two items
21. written words; a.k.a. a passage
22. to give brief points of a topic (in your own words)
23. how the narrator tells a story
24. proven statements or conclusions that can be found in the text

1. to tell the similarities between two items
4. when you draw conclusions about something
5. the reason something happened (Why it happened?)
7. process of elimination; when you eliminate “wrong” answer choices
8. someone’s personal belief
9. to educate or give information
12. when you learn a word you don’t know by looking at the words surrounding it
13. a proven statement
14. give reasons
15. to amuse readers or make them laugh, cry, etc.
17. to tell the appearance of how something looks
20. how a text is structured