Vocabulary Definitions
What is an oasis?
What is ...a beautiful green area in a desert or dry area.
The bucket is teeming with fish?
What is ...swirling and overflowing?
Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? I ate my breakfast early today.
What is ...a simple sentence?
To put a reading into your own words
What is ...paraphrase?
Short-term job that is sometimes unpaid to learn about a career
What is... an internship
If you are amidst something, where are you?
What is ... in the middle of something.
If I look out to the horizon, where am I looking?
What is ...The line where the sky meets the ocean water.
What is ...sit?
Where does a thesis go in your essay?
What is ...In the beginning
A summary of job experience and education. It is used to get a job.
What is... a Résumé?
What does it mean to captivate?
How many limbs do humans have?
What is ...4 limbs?
Either the cat or the dog (needs, need) to be let outside.
What is ...needs?
The main idea of a story that usually shows a lesson about life.
What is ... theme?
A one page document that is written in paragraphs introducing you to the hiring manager
What is a ...cover letter?
What does cooing mean?
What is...a soft, gentle sound?
What does it mean if I say someone is very articulate?
What is....someone who is well-spoken and knowledgeable.
Give an example of a compound sentence.
Answers must have two independent clauses joined by a conjunction word.
Words or phrases that show links between ideas like However, Also, In additon, etc..
What are...transition words?
The phrase that states the job you want and is usually at the top of the resume.
What is the ...career objective?
What does it mean to be subtle?
What is ...hidden or not so obvious
If I am going to a commencement for adult school, where am I going?
What is ...graduation?
Answers will vary but must have at least one independent clause and a dependent clause which can not stand alone.
What is irony in a story?
What is....the opposite of what you expect to happen.
A person who is learning a NEW trade from an employer is called?