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language art voc1
academic language art voc1
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| alphabetize | put in ABC order |
| beginning | the first part; starting |
| consonant blend | two or more consonant sounds not separated by a vowel (dr, bl, sm, rst) |
| capitalization | the use of capital letters at the beginning of sentences and certain kinds of words |
| chapter | one of the main sections of a book |
| character (2) | 1)the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature 2) the way a person is |
| comma | a punctuation mark (,) used after a word in a series or when a pause is needed |
| conversation | talking with turns |
| date | time stated in month, day and year |
| discuss | to talk about |
| exclamation mark | a punctuation mark (!)used at the end of a sentence that shows strong or sudden emotion |
| exclamation point | a punctuation mark (!)used at the end of a sentence that shows strong or sudden emotion |
| fantasy | impossible, imaginary creatures, events, settings |
| film | a movie or video |
| illustrate | to draw |
| illustrations | a picture in a book |
| illustrator | a person who draws the pictures in a book |
| information | facts, true details |
| language | our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning |
| long vowel | a vowel that says its name |
| media | TV, radio, newspaper, magazines, internet, the news |
| middle | the center |
| noun | names a person, place, or thing |
| plural | more than one, two or more, many, words with s added to the end (boys) |
| predict | to say what will happen before it occurs; make a logical guess about what will happen |
| punctuation | the use of standard marks and signs in writing (?!.,;:""-) |
| punctuation marks | (?!.,;:""-) |
| question | something asked to find out something |
| question mark | ? |
| quotation | exactly what someone said |
| quotation mark | "........" |
| reality | something actual or real |
| reread | to read again |
| sentence | a group of words that have a noun and a verb that express a thought |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| short vowel | a vowel sound, not the one that says their name |
| single | one |
| singular | one, (boy) |
| spelling | the sequence of letters that are in a word |
| statement | a sentence |
| summarize | to tell the important details of a story |
| summary | a shorter version of something |
| table of contents | the list a the front of a books that tells what is in the book, usually giving the page number where each part can be found |
| title page | a page at the front of a book or paper that tells the name of the book, and the name of the writer |
| verb | expresses an action or a state of being |
| video | a film or movie |
| vocabulary | words and their meaning |
| vowel sound | the sound a vowel makes; can be long or short |
| cover | |
| internet | |
| keyboarding | |
| listening skills | |
| margin | |
| order of events | |
| parts of a book | |
| poem | |
| predictable book | |
| pre-write | |
| prewriting | |
| respond to literature | |
| sign | |
| theater |
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