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Higher-Level Vocabulary
Writing Do's & Don'ts
Revising/Editing
Reading
Text Structures
100
 Refers to having way too much of something. 
What is copious?
100

This refers to the single most informal word, a writer should never use.

What is "you?"
100

Is located at either the beginning or the end of a dictionary.

What is the style manual?
100

Refers to the story line as a whole.

What is main idea?
100

Tells what happened and why.

What is cause/effect?
200
Refers to not caring or showing emotion towards someone or something. 
What is apathy?
200

Refers to the type of essay one must write on their English II STAAR.

What is a persuasive essay?
200

Connects two independent clauses with a subordinating or coordinating conjunction.

What is a comma?
200
Making an informed guess about a story's events or author's decision. 
What is an inference?
200

Simply give the readers information about something. 

What is descriptive?
300
Forcing someone to do or say something they do not wish to.
What is to coerce?
300

This is the best way to organize an essay.

What are paragraphs?
300

Refers to the names of people, places, organizations, etc...and/or first words in a sentence.

What are words that are capitalized?
300

Suggests the lesson or moral readers are supposed to take away from the passage.

What is theme?
300

An ad for bullying would most likely display this type of text structure.

What is problem/solution?
400
Doing something in a sneaky or clever way as to not get caught. 
What is surreptitious?
400

This sentence is known as the main idea of the writer's essay. 

What is a thesis statement?
400

Notice the mistake in the sentence:

The little girl seemed to frightened to tell the police officer what had happened to her father.

What is change "to" to "too."
400
Refers to the attitude of the reader, and the feeling of the story.
What is mood?
400

A magazine blog displaying 2 different products would have this type of organization.

What is compare/contrast?
500
Having a joyous and/or excited personality. 
What is blithe?
500

Break up each word instead of using these. 

What are contractions?
500

Notice the mistake in the following sentence:

Spring time brings gentle rains and warmer weather, in addition to thunderstorms and hail.

What is change the comma to the semicolon?
500
Includes information from the beginning/middle/end of a story. 
What is a summary?
500

Reading an excerpt in a history book about the Industrial Revolution. 

What is chronological order?