Vocabulary
Claim.
She makes the claim that sea levels will actually go down.
What is to state that something is true?
Word part with a specific meaning at the beginning of a word.
What is prefix?
Giving a nonhuman, human characteristics.
What is personification?
The part of an essay that often includes a hook and thesis.
What is the introduction paragraph?
The main events of a short story.
What is plot?
Inference.
Based on her facial expression, the teacher made an inference that the student was upset.
What is an educated or logical guess based on prior experience, an observation, or text evidence?
The main part of a word containing it's core meaning.
What is a root?
A direct comparison between two different things.
What is a metaphor?
An essay that includes the explanation of a topic with clear communication of facts and information.
What is an expository essay?
What is theme?
Author's purpose.
The author's purpose for writing about dogs was based on his time as a vet and knowledge of various dog breeds.
What is the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic. (PIE - persuade, inform, or entertain).
Suffix that might be used to express something done in the "past".
What is -ed.
Extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
An essay that includes creative language and may be based on a personal experience.
What is a narrative essay?
When you don't know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What are context clues?
Primary source.
The Diary of Anne Frank is a primary source for studying the Holocaust.
What is an original document containing first hand information about a subject?
Prefix that might be used to express something being done "again."
What is re-?
The use of words that sound like what they mean such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom."
What is onomatopoeia?
An essay in a which a writing is intending to convince a reader to align with the writer's point of view.
What is a persuasive essay?
The feeling as author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
Connotation.
For many people the word "odor" has a negative connotation.
What is an implied meaning or emotion associated with a word?
The prefix, root word, and suffix of the word unbreakable.
Prefix: What is -un?
Root: What is break?
Suffix: What is -able?
The repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of the words.
What is alliteration?
An essay that includes a claim supported by reasons and evidence.
What is an argumentative essay?
A sign or warning of what will happen next.