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ROK vocabulary techniques game

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ABC order   categorizing words by letter of the alphabet;Ex: apple, boat, cart, door  
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-able   suffix meaning: able to be; can be; example: understandable  
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Acronym   formed with the capital initial letters from all or some words in the name; Example: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration; UFO Unidentified Flying Object  
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Action Verb   a “doing” verb; Ex: walking, talk, sing, threw, builds, mashing, create  
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Adjacent Vowel   vowels that are right next to one another in a given word; Examples: need, meat, brain, house  
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Adjective   a part of speech: words that modify or give more information about a noun or pronoun; Examples: big, funny, warm, green, tired  
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Adverb   a part of speech: words that modify or give more information about a verb and an adjective Examples: happily, far, safely, well, fast  
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anti-   Prefix meaning: against, opposite, or opposed to  
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Antonym   A word having the opposite meaning of another word. Example: go - stop  
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Base/Root Word   A word to which prefixes and suffixes may be added to create related words  
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bi-   prefix meaning: two  
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centi-   prefix meaning: 100  
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Closed Syllables   The vowel is followed by a consonant. The vowel is “closed in” by the consonant. Examples: cap, sit, men, den-tist, kit-ten  
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Compound Word   a word made from two or more words (can be connected or joined by a hyphen). Examples: houseboat, backyard, sandbox airport, mailbox  
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Consonant   the letters of the alphabet that are not vowels Examples: cdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz  
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Context Clues   The hints provided in text, which lead the reader to determine meanings of words.  
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Contraction   A shortened form of a word or group of words, with the missing letters marked by an apostrophe. Examples: I’m = I am; They’re = They are; We’re = We are; Shouldn’t = Should not  
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de-   prefix meaning: do or make the opposite of; reverse; remove from  
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Digraph   A pair of letters that make a single speech sound. Examples: gh – ghost; th – three; ph – pheasant; oo - foot  
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dis-   prefix meaning: not; do the opposite of; apart or away  
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Double Consonant   a word with two consonants next to one another; Examples: fall or tripped  
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en-   prefix meaning: bring into or on; example: enforce, enable  
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-er   1. A suffix that, when added to a verb, changes to a noun, describing the doer of the verb. OR 2. A suffix that when added to a word shows comparison.  
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ex-   prefix meaning: out, away; example: exchange, exclude  
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-ful   Suffix meaning: full of; example: helpful  
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gh sound   Sounds heard in words like these: 1. sounds like f: rough, tough; 2. sounds like the hard g: ghost; 3. sound is silenced: through, height  
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Greek/Latin Roots   A word part that contains the core meaning of the word, but it cannot stand alone. Many, many English words can be traced back to these word parts.  
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Hard sound “G”   Sounds like g in these words: go, goat, tag, big, guest, grab  
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Homophone   Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings; they may or may not be spelled the same way. The words may be spelled the same, such as: bear (animal) and bear (endure), or differently, such as there, their, and they’re  
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Homograph   Words that are spelled the same way, but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently  
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-ible   suffix meaning: able to, word becomes an adjective when added  
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-iest or -est   suffix added to show a superlative comparison implying that something is the best or worst, or greatest or least  
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il-   prefix meaning: not; example: il + legal = illegal  
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im-   prefix meaning: not; example impossible  
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in-   prefix with two meanings: not, on/in; example: input, incomplete  
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Infer   to make a conclusion based on facts and background  
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intra-   prefix meaning: within; example: intrastate (within a single state)  
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irregular   not regular, different from usual rules  
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inter-   prefix meaning: between; example: interstate (connecting two or more states)  
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-less   suffix meaning: without; example: meaningless, painless  
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Long vowel sounds   Vowels that make the sound of the vowel name Examples: long a – bake; long e – economy; long i – ride; long o – note; long u - flute  
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Lowercase letters   letters that are not capitalized; Example: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz  
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mis-   prefix meaning: badly or wrongly; example: misspell  
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multisyllabic   a word with more than one syllable  
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non-   prefix meaning: not; example: nonfat  
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Noun   part of speech: a person, place, thing, or idea  
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“oi” sound   sound made in words like: oil - boil - soil poison - toy  
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Opposite   the reverse of something; Examples: wet - dry; go - stop  
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out-   prefix meaning: more, to a greater degree; example: outrage  
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-phobia   suffix meaning: intense fear of a certain thing; example: hydraphobia  
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pre-   prefix meaning: before; example: preview, pretest  
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Prefix   a syllable or syllables placed at the beginning of another word to change its meaning; Example: dis + able = disable; re + view = review  
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Preposition   A part of speech: one of many words that show the relationship between a noun and a pronoun and another word; Example: The squirrel is on the box.  
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r-controlled   When a vowel is followed by an r, it makes a special sound called the r- controlled sound. Examples: /ar/ sound as in car, guitar, Arthur /âr/ sound as in care, bear, mare, scare, aquarium  
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re-   prefix meaning: again; example, regain, revisit  
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rhyme   words that have the same end sounds; Examples: while - style; shoe - glue; nose - grows; pants - France  
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Root word   word with no prefix or suffix added; may also be referred to as a base word; Example: scop = see, examine The telescope helped me see the moon.  
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Semantics   the study of meaning; in language, it studies the meanings of words, phrases, sentences and texts  
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Short vowels   The following are examples of this type of vowel sound: bat, set, sit, sod, put  
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Suffix   A word part added to end of a base word to change its form or its meaning. Examples: baker - friendliest  
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Superlative   Used to compare nouns; Examples: Old, Older, Oldest; Lowest, biggest, smallest, most  
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Syllable   a single uninterrupted sound found in a word  
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Synonyms   words meaning the same or nearly the same thing; Examples: couch - sofa; brief - short  
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Syntax   the way words are put together in a sentence to make meaning  
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tri-   prefix meaning: three  
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un-   prefix meaning: not or to reverse; example: undo, untie  
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Uppercase   CAPITAL letters of the alphabet; Examples: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ  
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VCCV rule   Vowel, Consonant, Consonant, Vowel: blanket - pretzel  
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Vowels   Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu - not consonants  
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Word Family   a group of words sharing a common phonic element or sound; Examples: sink, brink, link; shut, shout, ship  
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-y   suffix meaning: having the quality of the word it is added to  
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