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Vocabulary 1
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Vocabulary 5
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A word that is the opposite of another word.
What is an Antonym?
100
One of two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings.
What is a Synonym?
100
Is a reason why something happens.
What is a Cause?
100
Is the result of the cause.
What is an Effect?
100
Showing how two or more things are alike.
What is Comparing?
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Showing how two or more things are different.
What is Contrasting?
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Words or phrases that are used near an unknown word and can help the reader to understand the unknown word in the text.
What are Context Clues?
200
Something that can be proven with evidence.
What is a Fact?
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Is a statement that cannot be proven to be true or false.
What is an Opinion?
200
When an author hints at something in the beginning that will happen later on in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
300
The order in which things happen.
What is Sequence?
300
Is the most important idea about the topic?
What is the Main Idea?
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What the passage is about.
What is the Topic?
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Are pieces of information that explain or support the main idea.
What are supporting details?
300
The sentence that states, directly or indirectly, the topic to be developed in further detail in a paragraph or sequence of paragraphs.
What is a Topic Sentence?
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A broad statement or rule that applies to many examples.
What is a Generalization?
400
Is a word part added to the end of the base word to change its meaning or the way it is used in a sentence.
What is Suffix?
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Is added to the beginning of a base word and changes the base word's meaning.
What is a Prefix?
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
What is Alliteration?
400
is a guess that is based on evidence from the text.
What is an Inference?
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Is an opinion or decision about what is happening in a passage and can be based upon one or more inferences.
What is a Conclusion?
500
A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content.
What is a Genre?
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The arrangements of events in a story. Contains a conflict and a resolution.
What is a Plot?
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Refers to who is telling the story.
What is Point of View?
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Is a brief retelling of a passage that includes both the main idea and the most important details.
What is a Summary?