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S words
Double Words
Easy
A, b, and C words
Hard
100
Comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
the authors reason of writing.
What is authors purpose?
100
the center of interest or attention.
What is focus?
100
To attach.
What is affix?
100
to make a distinction between two or more things.
What is differentiate?
200
a group of letters placed at the end of a word to change the meaning.
What is suffix?
200
information from the text that reveals the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
What is context clues?
200
one word that has the same meaning as another word.
What is synonym?
200
to look closely.
What is analyze?
200
the letter?sound relationships used by beginning readers.
What is phonics?
300
a story's time and place
What is setting?
300
important techniques used in literature.
What is literary elements?
300
a group of letters placed at the begginning of a word to change its meaning.
What is prefix?
300
A word opposite in meaning to another.
What is antonym?
300
a conclusionj based on facts, reasoning, and "reading between the lines"
What is inference?
400
Organized knowledge about a particular topic.
What is subject area?
400
a sentence that explains something.
What is explanatory sentence?
400
a declaration, statement, allegation or claim.
What is assertion?
400
to favor something.
What is bias?
500
to retell the most important parts of a text in a much shorter space, and in your own words.
What is summarize?
500
language that cannot be taken literally becuase it was written to create a special feeling.
What is figurative language?
500
A written piece of a persons life.
What is Biography?
500
vocabulary words that are important to a particular subject area.
What is content specific words?