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100
Word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea (Bill, office, fun)
What is a noun?
100
Two words are shortened by putting together and using an apostrophe where the left out letter should be (isn’t, he’ll)
What is a contraction?
100
One of the people in a book or story
What is a character?
100
A word that means the same or almost the same as another word (pretty/lovely)
What is a synonym?
100

A detailed image with labels pointing to specific parts

What is a diagram?

200
Word that expresses action of state of being (run, is)
What is a verb?
200
Word that refers to more than one person or thing (shoes, mice)
What is plural?
200
Time and place of a story
What is the setting?
200

A word that means the opposite of another word (hot/ cold)

What is antonym?

200
The title for a paragraph, section, or page
What is a heading?
300
Word that describes a noun or a pronoun (tall three)
What is an adjective?
300
Big word that is made up of two smaller words
What is a compound word?
300
Events in a story, usually with a problem and solution
What is the plot?
300

When combined with a root word, this beginning part of a word can change the word meaning

What is a prefix?

300

Vocabulary found in a glossary typically bold or highlighted in a text

What are key words?

400
Word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (gently, easily, very)
What is an adverb?
400
A unit of spoken language that contains a vowel sound; suffixes and prefixes are often called common syllables
What is a syllable?
400
The order in which the events happen
What is sequence?
400

When combined with a root word, this ending part of a word can change the word meaning

What is a suffix?

400

The words beneath a picture or illustration

What is a caption?

500
Words used in the place of nouns (I, him, them)
What is a pronoun?
500
Word that shows ownership (Cindy’s dog, boys’ hats)
What is possessive?
500

The most exciting part of a story

What is the climax?

500

Words that signal order and relationships in sentences and between paragraphs

What are transition words?

500
The words, phrases or sentences that come before and after a word that help explain its full meaning.
What are context clues?
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