Academic Words 1-16

1. Where the story takes place.
4. To make something more clear by giving more details or facts.
5. To help or add to.
7. A piece of text that is taken from a larger body of writing.
9. A statement that provides your answer.
11. An explanation; the cause of an action or event.
12. Proof or facts to support your answer.
13. A conversation between characters.
14. All of the important events that make up a story; the main parts of a story.

2. Being able to figure something out based on evidence and reasoning.
3. A story.
5. Stating just the main points.
6. Descriptive words that appeal to the senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight)
8. To quote a text in order to use it as evidence for an answer.
9. idea The main idea; the overall message of the entire text you are reading.
10. The feeling the story is trying to create.