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Shortened form of a word or phrase (Mr., St., Dr.)
What is an abbreviation?
100
The major idea of an entire narrative piece
What is theme?
100
Words that are spelled the same but are different in meaning (e.g., gum, gum)
What are homographs?
100
The title for a paragraph, section, or page
What are headings or subheadings?
100
The order in which the events happen
What is sequence?
200
A conjunction connects words or groups of words (and but, so, when, after)
What is a conjunction?
200
The words, phrases or sentences that come before and after a word that help explain its full meaning.
What are context clues?
200
Words that sound the same, but have different meanings and usually different spellings (bare, bear)
What are homophones?
200
A diagram or table that shows detailed information
What are charts or tables?
200
One of the people in a book or story
What is a character?
300
An interjection is a word or phrase used to express strong feeling or surprise. It is followed by an exclamation point or a comma
What is an interjection?
300
Something added to the beginning, middle, or end of another word
What is an affix?
300
Words with the same spelling OR sound (live/live AND plain/plane); both homographs and homophones
What are homonyms?
300
The use of language to create a particular effect or to bring to mind memories or feeling for the reader
What are literary devices?
300
Time and place of a story
What is the setting?
400
Words that are spelled alike but have different meanings. Reader must use context to determine what meaning the author is using
What are multiple meaning words?
400
An ending added to a word to change the meaning. (-ful)
What is a suffix?
400
A word that means the same or almost the same as another word (pretty/lovely)
What are synonyms?
400
Magazine
What are periodicals?
400
The reason the author wrote the passage: to explain (how to writing), entertain (narrative), Inform (reports), persuade, essay (opinion)
What is the author's purpose?
500
The history of where words come from. The first language gives clues to meaning and spelling. Many English words come from Greek or Latin.
What are word origins?
500
A beginning added to a word to change the meaning (un-)
What is a prefix?
500
A word that means the opposite of another word (hot/ cold)
What are antonyms?
500
at or pattern heard when reading poetry aloud
What is rhythm?
500
The way the author sees a situation or the facts.
What is the author's perspective?
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