Vocab A
Words that are opposite in meaning.
What is ANTONYMS?
After giving the instructions for the assignment, three students told the teacher they don’t understand. She needs to ___ what needs to be done.
What is CLARIFY?
A good way to identify the errors in your writing is for you or someone else to __ the composition.
What is PROOFREAD?
The contractor built our family’s five room home. Now we have to sit and __ all emergency and disaster plans.
What is FORMULATE?
According to the contract, Ms. David is available to meet with parents/guardians at this time frame.
What is 11am - 12pm?
Proof (of a claim).
What is EVIDENCE?
An evaluation tool or set of guidelines used to promote the consistent application of learning expectations, learning objectives, or learning standards in the classroom, or to measure their attainment against a consistent set of criteria.
What is RUBRIC?
Bernard was able to state ten similarities between St. Croix Central High and St. Croix Educational Complex.
What is COMPARE?
In addition, For example, However, Therefore, and On the other hand are all examples of this.
What is TRANSITION WORDS and PHRASES?
According to the contract, late assignment are accepted with this penalty.
What is 10 point deduction each weekday?
Beginning paragraph of a written piece.
What is an INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH?
The paragraph at the end of an essay which wraps up your main points.
What is CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH?
Larry was able to convince the audience that his opinion was stronger than his opponent because of the __ he presented.
What is EVIDENCE?
Present valid reasoning or evidence for.
What is JUSTIFY?
According to the contract, this happens when an assignment is not submitted on the due date.
What is flagged as “missing” and scored a 20?
Ms. David presented the students with a two-page story. The students will read one to two paragraphs at a time to examine the text closer. Ms. David wants the students to __ the text.
What is ANALYZE?
Marcus had trouble with his paragraph because his first sentence did not provide a solid, clear main idea.
Marcus had trouble with __.
What is his TOPIC SENTENCE?
The text stated, “her life spanned years of incredible change for women.” Jimmy interpreted that to mean Cathy lived through an era of liberation reform for women.
This is an example of __.
What is PARAPHRASE?
Not stated directly; Implied
What is IMPLICIT?
According to the contract, late assignments will not be accepted after this length of time (without teacher approval).
What is ONE WEEK?
Explain the difference between REVISE and EDIT.
What is REVISE: to add, subtract, reorganize and EDIT: to fix what is wrong with spelling, grammar, capitalization?
Tiffany washed clothes, mowed the lawn, and raked leaves this past weekend.
This sentence demonstrates __.
What is PARALLEL STRUCTURE?
Use transitional words and phrase to help your composition flow from one sentence to the next.
What is COHERENT WRITING?
Carl presented lots of information in his essay. However, much of it came from textbook and online sources, which he did not credit. The teacher gave him a 0 because his work is a prime example of this.
What is PLAGIARISM?
According to the contract, this is the disciplinary protocol for Ms. David’s class.
What is teacher counseling, parental conference, then counselor referral?