This Week's Vocab
- Getting better or improving over time.
- A big state test that shows what you have learned in school.
Growth & Atlas Test
to separate from others.
Isolate
The lesson or message the author wants readers to learn in a story.
Theme
A word that means the same or nearly the same as another word.
Synonym
An action or state of being.
Verb
Trying your best and not giving up.
RACE & Effort
A new idea, method, or invention
Innovation
To look closely at something to understand it better.
Analyze
Words around a word that help you understand its meaning.
Context Clues
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.” is what?
Simile
A smart guess based on clues from the text and what you already know.
Tell the main ideas in a shorter way.
Inference & Summarize
An advantage or positive result.
Benefit
The events that happen in a story.
Plot
Information from the text that supports an answer.
Text Evidence
Giving human traits to objects is called what?
Personification
tell how things are different.
Proof from the text that shows your answer is correct.
Contrast & Evidence
A particular way of viewing something.
Perspective
Words or phrases that are not meant to be taken literally (like similes or metaphors).
Figurative Language
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
RACE
Words that sound alike are called what?
Rhymes
- Tell how things are alike.
- To help prove or explain your answer using details.
Compare & Support
Relying too much on someone or something
Dependence
To fix mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.
Edit
Words like “BOOM!” or “CRASH!” are examples of what?
Onomatopoeia
“The classroom was a zoo.” is an example of what?
Metaphor