Academic Vocabulary
A statement about what may happen in the future.
What is a prediction?
The below sentence is an example of what tense?
I went to the store yesterday.
What is the past tense?
Complete the sentence with their, there, or they're.
My parents are in ______________ room.
What is their?
A form of nonfiction. A text that gives facts about a topic to the reader.
What is an informational text?
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the root meaning.
What is a prefix?
To look for the ways two or more things, ideas, or people are alike
What is compare?
The past participle of "fly"
What is flown?
A type of number that is used to show the position of someone or something in a series
What is an ordinal number?
A form of literature that usually contains stanzas, rhyme, sensory language, and rhythm.
What is a poetry?
The prefix that indicates that something is incorrect or not.
What is mis-?
Example: Misunderstand = Understand incorrectly or not understand
To retell in your own words
What is paraphrase?
The form of the verb that is used with “have” in perfect tenses and with “be” in passive constructions.
Example: Shelley can't go skiing anymore. She has broken her leg.
What is a part participle?
The correct abbreviation for Mississippi.
What is MI?
A form of text that is written to be performed and entertain an audience.
What is a play (obra)?
The prefix that shows something was done before.
What is pre-?
Example: Preview = to view before
The topic of a section
What is a subheading?
Two or more independent clauses (sentences) combined with a coordinating conjunction (F.A.N.B.O.Y).
Example: He opened the door, and he went inside.
What is a compound sentence?
The abbreviation for Thursday.
What is Thurs.?
Words that tell the actors how to move and speak.
Ex: (Windrider enters from upstage).
What are stage directions?
Word that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings.
Example: to/too/two
What is a homophone?
A guess based on evidence
What is an inference?
A pronoun that refers to a noun that has already been mentioned.
Example: There are clouds in the sky, but I think they will go away.
What is a pronoun referent?
The title given to a married woman.
What is Mrs.?
Elements such as illustrations and captions are typically found in this nonfiction genre.
What is a magazine article?
Words that have similar meanings?
What is a synonym?