Vocabulary 1
What does Pact mean?
The correct definition is to make an agreement.
What does the suffix -FUL mean?
To be full of something: Joyful, Peaceful
What is Simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What does it mean to annotate?
To highlight, underline, to draw, and add notes to a text
What is a Compound Word, and give two examples?
Two words put together to make a new word
Birthday, Cupcake, Backpack
To feel bad about something:
Disgusted, Identify, Shame
The Correct answer is Shame.
What does the suffix -OUS mean?
To be full of something: Dangerous, Nervous
What is Metaphore?
A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as."
What does it mean to Determine Importance?
To identify a detail that is important
What is Excessive?
To have too much of something
A close group of people:
Brotherhood, Culture, doubt
The correct answer is Brotherhood.
What does the suffix -LY mean?
To be like something...Happily, Joyfully, Beautifully
What is a flashback?
When a story stops in the present and remembers something from the past.
What does it mean to Predict?
To say what will happen in the future by what you already read
Spell the plural form of Bush.
Bushes
To look at something carefully
Analyze, Decision, Identify
The correct answer is: Analyze
What is the definition of the suffix -NESS?
The correct answer is to be.
What is Foreshadow?
A warning of an event that will happen later in a story.
What does it mean to make an inference?
To make a choice based on the details in the text
Spell the plural form of Foot.
Feet
Which "W" word means Author's Purpose?
Why, who, or when.
The Correct answer is Why.
What is a prefix? Give me an example of a prefix.
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning.
Pre, Re, Un, Mis...
What is a Symbolism?
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
What does it mean to synthosize?
To understand the text based on what you already know
Give three types of Author's Purpose.
Inform/explain, Entertain, Pursuade