Vocabulary 1
accountable; responsible; likely to be called upon
answerable
words that begin with the same consonant
alliteration
word that takes the place of a noun
pronoun
how an author thinks or feels about the topic of a text
Author's Point of View
informational text about historical event
expository
place for sitting waiting or relaxing in a public space
lounge
repetition of vowel sounds in words that are near one another
assonance
pronoun that does not refer to a speific person, place, or thing
indefinite pronoun
overall message or lesson of a poem or story
theme
text that focuses on a certain time period or important aspect of the subject's life
Biography
sense of duty or responsibility
obligation
poem that tells a story; has a plot, setting, and characters
narrative poem
this pronoun tells whether something is here or there
demonstrative pronoun
the speaker determines this in a poem or story
Point of view
a play, a work to perform on a stage
Drama
relation between things or parts with regard to size number or amount
proportion
when you can't find any context clues in the sentence of the unknown word then you will reread the ____
paragraph
pronoun that askes a question when the noun is not known
interrogative pronoun
what do you do when you read text and are not sure why an event happened
reread
text that has a plot that didn't happen but based on a real time in history; setting is based on a specific time in history and some characters may be based on real people from history
historical fiction
poems that don't rhyme
free verse
to estimate a person's ability or an objects value
assess
this pronoun links a clause to another noun or pronoun
relative pronoun
"it's raining cats and dogs" is an _______
idiom
fictional story with realistic characters and setting
realistic fiction
words that sound the same when spoken but have different meanings and are often spelled differently (ex. sale, sail)
homophones
two words that are spelled the same way but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently. example: content, content
homographs
the noun that the pronoun is referring to
antecedent
the most important events in the plot
summary
story written in free verse
Free-Verse fiction
to put a plan into effect or make it happen
implement
means almost the same as "possibility"
potential
pronoun used as the subject of a verb
subject pronoun
the author uses descriptive language to help you __________ what the character is doing
visualize
"Seeing Things His Own Way" is a _______________
Biography