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The "Were you paying attention?" Vocabulary
A'ight Analogies
A little bit of this...
...and a little bit of that
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The vocabulary term that means something that cannot be conquered?
What is a nemesis?
100
Complete the analogy: pleasure : smile :: pain : ____________________ a. aspirin b. suffer c. grimace d. tranquility
What is grimace?
100
The three purposes for reading. (Hint: Think PIE)
What are to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
100
When a writer uses this type of figurative language, he or she uses words that imitate the sounds they describe. Examples of this are "Roar", "Hiccup", "Squeak", and "Zoom"
What is onomatopoeia?
100
This has a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone as a sentence; it does not make a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
200
The vocabulary term for something that is not counterfeit; it is genuine.
What is bona fide?
200
Complete the analogy: rural : soil :: urban : ______________________ a. prairie b. apartment c. pavement d. tractor
What is pavement?
200
The vocabulary term that means pertaining to a time period before recorded history.
What is prehistoric?
200
This form of the word is written as a contraction and means "they are".
What is they're?
200
This punctuation mark is used to connect two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon? (;)
300
The vocabulary term that means a very slight trace or amount of something
What is a vestige?
300
Complete the analogy: audience : concert :: fans : ___________________ a. sports b. people c. arenas d. sportsmanship
What is sports?
300
This type of text informs or explains something.
What is an expository text?
300
The vocabulary term that means treated.
What is indulged?
300
Compound sentences are joined using coordinating conjunctions that make up the acronym FANBOYS; name the conjunctions in this acronym.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
400
The vocabulary term that means putting things off.
What is procrastinating?
400
Complete the analogy: breeze : gale :: trickle : ____________________ a. lull b. plunder c. sunshine d. cascade
What is cascade?
400
The organizational pattern used by writers that tells the order in which the events in a story occur; descriptive words the author uses includes are: first, next, last, then, afterward, lastly, finally...
What is chronological, time order, or sequence?
400
The vocabulary term that means first, or related to the first.
What is initial?
400
An independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
500
The vocabulary term for a person who gives to the needy.
What is a philanthropist?
500
Complete the analogy: woods : acorn :: orchard : _________________ a. prairie b. pine cone c. apple seed d. orange
What is an apple seed?
500
This vocabulary term means asked.
What is queried?
500
Name atleast three of the four types of organizational patterns an author can use to write.
What is time order (chronological or sequence), compare/ contrast, description, and problem-solution?
500
With this one, it is MUCH SHORTER than the original, and only includes the main points which are put into YOUR OWN words--the other is shorter than the original passage, but only slightly, put into your own words, but credit is given to the author.
What are summary and paraphrase?