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Quarter 1 Vocabulary

4th Quarter Extra Credit

TermDefinition
analyze To examine something thoroughly.
audience Who is watching, reading, listening, etc. to the production.
capitalize Proper nouns, nationalities, brand names, special events, etc.
central idea The main idea that ties everything together.
character A person in a book, movie, etc.
cite To give credit to a different source.
comma A punctuation mark used for separating items in a list and used for indicating a pause in a sentence.
conclusion A general summing up of the specific details in a text.
connotation/ denotation Connotation: the feelings and associations that a word suggests. Denotation: the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
conventions The rules of grammar.
coordinate adjectives Place in between adjectives and try to reverse them in order to see if you need commas.
elaborate To explain in more detail on a topic.
elicit To draw forth; evoke; out; to try and gather.
evidence Facts used to explain why something is true.
formal style Changing the tone. A note to a friend- informal. Essay- formal
inference An educated guess; must have evidence to support your reasoning.
main idea The overall topic of something.
parts of speech A category for a word such as noun or verb.
plot The storyline of a body of text.
prefix A segment of a word that can be put before the root word to change the meaning.
pre-write To plan out what you are going to write.
punctuate To add periods, commas, capital letters, etc. to a sentence to make the meaning clear.
purpose Texts are written for different purposes: to inform, to persuade, to express feelings, or to entertain.
reference An indication, as in a book, of some other source of information such as a source.
reflect To bring as a result; to think seriously on; to cast blame or discredit upon; similar to analyze.
relevant Whether or not something has to do with a topic.
revise To alter something that already was written.
rhyme Two words that have the same ending sound.
role A character in a play for example.
root The basic element of a word or form, without affixes or phonetic changes.
stanza In a poem a group of consecutive lines that forms a sing unit.
style Like formal meaning.
suffix A segment of a word that is used after the root word to change the meaning.
summary A shortened version of the main idea/ plot of a book for example.
supporting details Details that add on to a topic and help make it clear.
technical meaning See denotation/ connotation. It is just like denotation.
theme The life lesson or moral of the story.
tone The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.
Created by: claiwhis9631
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