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Unit One Vocabulary
Unit One- Crossing Generations Academic Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| narrative writing | writing that tells a story |
| personal narrative | a story relating to personal experiences; told in the first-person point of view |
| consequence | effect or result of an action or condition |
| contradict | state the contrary or opposite; deny |
| dialogue | conversation |
| notable | outstanding; remarkable |
| perspective | particular way of looking at something |
| sequence | the order in which things happen |
| coherence | the smooth and logical connection of ideas |
| central idea(s) | the thesis or main point of a text |
| supporting evidence | facts, statistics, examples used to prove the main idea |
| text features | parts of the text that help the reader understand the text |
| inference | an educated guess about information that is not directly stated in the text |
| theme | main moral, message or lesson the author conveys in the story |
| sensory details | details written using the five senses in order to create a vivid picture in the reader's mind |
| the root word, spec | spec means to look |
| the root word, sequ | sequ means to follow |
| the root word, logos | logos means word or speeah |
| the prefix, re | re means again |
| the suffix, able | able means capable of |