7th Grade Vocabulary
These words mean about the same thing
What are synonyms?
The turning point of a story
What is the climax?
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
What is an inference?
The sea lashed out in anger at the ships.
What is personification?
What types of words should not be used in an essay because they are unclear.
Pronouns
These small word "parts" are added to the end of a word to change its meaning
What are suffixes?
DOUBLE POINTS
The primary problem that drives the action of the story; what the protagonist needs to overcome
What is the conflict?
Compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution, and description
What are text structures?
DOUBLE POINTS
I can run as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile?
When stating your reasons in your claim, what type of structure should be used?
parallel structure
These words mean the opposite
What are antonyms?
The introduction to a story, including the characters and setting
What is the exposition?
What is author's purpose?
I planted purple petunias in the park.
What is alliteration?
Explain what should be included in your thesis statement of an argument essay and where it should be located.
The thesis should include your claim and the reasons that you are making the claim.
It should be the LAST sentence of your introductory paragraph.
These small word "parts" are added to the beginning of words to change its meaning
What are prefixes?
What is the resolution?
The central, or most important, idea in a paragraph or passage
What is the main idea?
The classroom is an ice box today!
What is a metaphor?
Name the parts of an argumentative essay
What is 1. Introduction · 2. Body Paragraphs· 3. Counterargument and · 4. Conclusion
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine the meaning
What are context clues?
All of the events that lead to the eventual climax, including character development and events that create suspense.
What is the rising action?
The lesson or message that can be learned from a story
What is theme?
I can smell pizza from a mile away!
What is hyperbole?
Name the 3 parts of the counterargument paragraph.
What is counterargument, evidence, and rebuttal?