Vocabulary
Test VERBS
LITERARY
INFORMATIONAL
Word Roots (ex/extra)
100

What vocabulary word means... plan to do something

Intend

100

The meaning of convey.

What is "to tell or make known to the reader"?

100
Language that has deeper meaning beyond the literal.

What is figurative language? 

100

The author provides readers with chronological events.

What is sequence/chronological order?

100

To leave someone out.

Exclude

200

What part of a story is where and when it takes place?

Setting

200

The meaning of infer.

What is "to come to an opinion by reasoning from facts of observations"?

200

A turning point, the highest point in a story.

What is Climax?

200

The organization of informational writing.

What is organizational patterns?

200

The judge did this to the defendant.

What is exonerate?

300

Good readers use this to help them figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word...

Context Clues

300

The meaning of prefix.

What is "adding letters to the beginning of a word to adjust it's meaning?

300

The sequence of events that make up a story.

What is the plot?

300

Proof in the writing to explain answers.

What is textual evidence?

300

This vocabulary word means beyond ordinary.

What is extraordinary?

400

What vocabulary word means... a place or things, features or elements

Aspects

400

The meaning of emphasize.

What is "to give special attention to"?

400

The reason for or intent in writing of an author.

What is Author's Purpose?

400

Factual writing about real people, places, event, ideas, or things.

What is NonFiction?

400

This vocabulary word means an outgoing person.

What is extrovert?

500

What are readers doing when they use clues from the story along with what they already know to figure out things the author has not directly stated?

Making Inferences

500

The meaning of sensory language.

What is "words or phrases that appeal to your 5 sense"?

500

The resolution of a literary text.

What is "the final part of a play, movie, or narrative".

500

The text is mostly about. 

What is Controlling Idea? (Or central idea, main idea)

500

This vocabulary word means originating outside of earth.

What is extraterrestrial?

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