W1 Terms
W4 Terms
Grammar and Such
Workshop 1
Workshop 4/ Unit 3
100
Facts and conditions that affect a situation.
What is circumstances.
100
To bother or upset someone.
What is agitate
100
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile.
100
The most important point about a topic
What is the main idea.
100
A short statement of the most important ideas in a reading.
What is a summary.
200
Very important and needing to be dealt with immediately.
What is urgent.
200
To disagree strongly.
What is oppose
200
A comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor.
200
Latin singer Juanes sings to promote peace.
What is the main idea of "Juanes, Songs of Survival."
200
The opposite of a words meaning.
What is an antonym.
300
Extreme and sudden.
What is drastic
300
A person who judges whether something is good or bad.
What is a critic.
300
The prefixes meaning "not".
What is "-in" and "-un".
300
A surfer was attacked by a shark but survived.
What is the main idea of "Beyond Brave."
300
The sentence in the introduction paragraph that states the plan for an essay.
What is a focus statement (thesis).
400
Important and meaningful.
What is significant.
400
To stand up to someone in a threatening or accusing way.
What is confront.
400
Letters added to the end of a word.
What is a suffix.
400
They are facts that support the main idea.
What are details.
400
This should be used when you use a direct quote from someone else's work.
What is a citation.
500
To want to do or be something.
What is aspire.
500
A disagreement among many people.
What is controversy.
500
Letters added to the front of a word.
What is a prefix.
500
Homeboy Industries is a program that helps teens stay out of gangs.
What is the main idea of "Homeboy to the Rescue."
500
A letter used to convince someone of something.
What is a persuasive letter.