Vocab 1
What is a ferry?
Answer: A boat that carries people or cars across water.
What does independence mean?
Answer: Freedom from being controlled by others.
What does the prefix "re-" mean?
Answer: To do again.
What is nonfiction?
Answer: Writing that is based on real facts and events
What does it mean to be inspired?
Answer: When something makes you want to do or create something.
What is meant by presented?
Answer: Gave or showed something to someone.
What does the prefix "dis-" indicate?
Answer: Not or none of
What is a central idea?
Answer: The main point or what the whole text is about
What is a monument?
Answer: A building or statue made to honor a person or event.
How would you describe something gritty?
Answer: Feeling rough, like it has tiny pieces of sand in it.
What does the suffix "-y" mean?
Answer: Characterized by.
What is the author's purpose?
Answer: The reason why the author wrote the text.
What does a torch do?
Answer: A stick with fire at one end that gives light
What is welfare?
Answer: The health, happiness, and safety of people.
What does the suffix "-less" mean?
Answer: Without.
What is a theme?
Answer: The underlying message or lesson
What does declaring mean?
Answer: Saying something in a strong and clear way.
What does broad mean?
Answer: Wide or large in size or amount.
What does the suffix -er mean?
A person who does something
What does sequence refer to in reading?
Answer: The order in which events happen.