Math Words
This type of number is only divisible by one and itself.
Prime Number
5.4 5.3 5.304 5.45
The above numbers will be listed from least to greatest. Which number should be third?
5.4
This is a literary device whereby an author drops hints, either explicit or implicit, as to what is going to happen further along in the story.
This is who is telling the story and from whose perspective the events unfold. Can be first-person or third-person.
Point of View
This is a deliberately complex contraption designed to perform a simple task in an overly elaborate and humorous way. Hint: we made these!
Rube Goldberg machine
This is the point of origin on a coordinate grid.
(0,0)
A gardener wants to plant 1,750 vegetable seeds in her garden. She will plant exactly 30 seeds in each row. How many complete rows will she be able to plant?
58 complete rows
This is the conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters
Resolution
A way to describe something by comparing it to something else using the words "like" or "as". For example, "The cat was as fast as a cheetah".
Simile
This is the ability to dissolve into (become a part of) another substance.
Solubility
What are the two letters that label the axis on a coordinate grid?
Carl spent $37.08 on 12 gallons of gas. How much does one gallon cost?
$3.09
This is the main idea or big message the author wants you to understand about life or people, often a lesson or moral of the story.
Theme
This is the person who is telling the story.
Narrator
This is when light, or other waves, bounces off a surface instead of going through it, like when you see your image in a mirror.
Reflection
1. This is the order you must solve equations, no matter what order the operations are in.
2. List the steps
1. Order of Operations
2. Parenthesis, Exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction
Weston rode his bike 3 days last week.
Monday - 1/4 mile
Wednesday - .75 miles
Friday - 5/8 mile
How many total miles did Weston ride his bike?
1 5/8 miles OR 1.625 miles
___________ order is telling a story or listing events in the order they happened, from beginning to end.
Chronological
This is writing something in a slanted, or slanted-looking, style. It usually helps a word or phrase stand out.
Italicize or Italics
This is when light (or other waves) bends or changes direction as it travels from one thing (like air) to another (like water).
Refraction
V = l x w x h
1/12 + 1/5 + 3/10
What is the value of the expression?
7/12
This is a title underneath the main title, or above a specific section of writing
Subheading
This is a feeling of excitement or anxiety that keeps you wanting to know what happens next in a story.
Suspense
What are two examples of fossil fuels?
Coal, Natural Gas, Oil