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English Word Wall
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| referents | the object/event to which a term refers (usually a personal pronoun or demonstrative pronoun) |
| personal pronouns | any one of the pronouns used to refer to the speaker, or about whom or which he or she is speaking (e.g., I, we, you, he, she, it, they, etc.). |
| demonstrative pronouns | any one of the pronouns used to indicate or single out what is being referred to (e.g., this, that, those, these, etc.) |
| ellipses or omissions | often a ... that indicates one of the following: 1)the writer has removed some content; 2) there is a pause in dialogue (speech); 3) a quotation has been shortened |
| vocabulary | the words of a language or subject-area. |
| simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using "like" or "as" (e.g., Her hair is golden LIKE the sun.) |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which two things are compared that DOES NOT use like or as (e.g., The robber was a ghost when he moved silently through the house.) |
| idiom | an expression that cannot be understood from the literal meanings of the words (e.g., His head was in the clouds.) |
| pun | a play on words that relies on a word having more than one meaning (e.g., Cinderella's COACH was a pumpkin) |
| noun | part of speech: person, place, or thing |
| adjective | part of speech: a descriptive word that modifies a noun (e.g., she is my WISE, OLD, grandmother) |
| adverb | part of speech: a descriptive word that modifies a verb (and sometimes other adverbs, adjectives) (e.g., She runs QUICKLY.) |
| verb | part of speech: an action word |
| asterisk | punctuation: a small star-like symbol (*), used in writing and printing as a reference mark or to indicate an omission. |
| comma | punctuation: the sign (,), used for indicating a division in a sentence, setting off a word, phrase, or clause. A comma is also used to separate items in a list and to mark off thousands in numerals. |
| dash | punctuation: a short line (-) used separate some text from other text |
| acronym | a group of letters used as a short-form for a group of words (e.g., ASAP = As Soon As Possible, WHO = World Health Organization) |
| abbreviation | a short form of a word used to represent the whole word that ends with a period (e.g., etc. = et cetera) |
| ambiguous | having several possible meanings |
| homonyms | words that sound the same; OR look the same; OR both sound AND look the same but have different meanings (e.g., bear/bare; tear/tear; bow - as in after a performance and of a boat.) |
| synonyms | different words with a similar meaning (e.g., plan and strategy) |
| antonyms | different words with opposite meanings (e.g., tall and short) |
| pronoun | a word that replaces a noun or noun phrase |
| affix | a word-part added to a word-root (affixes include prefixes and suffixes) |
| prefix | an affix placed at the beginning of a word to change the word meaning (for example, unkind - prefix is un) |
| suffix | an affix placed at the ending of a word to change the word meaning (for example, smiling - the suffix is ing) |
| activism | action or involvement as a means of achieving goals often for a cause that is of importance to the activist, the person taking action. |
| slacktivism | is a slang term, which can be defined as "lazy activism" or feel-good activism - sharing, promotion, or action is left to others (for example, I click "support" on an online petition without sharing or doing anything else to support the cause) |
| rural | referring to the country, as in farm land, etc. |
| urban | referring to city |
| diversity | a state of variety or difference (for example, snowflakes have diverse patterns) |
| sameness | a state of likeness (for example, identical twins look the exact same) |
| horizontal | from side to side, or left to right/right to left (for example, the horizon is the horizontal line we see that separates land and sky) |
| vertical | up and down, or from bottom to top/top to bottom (for example, a column is vertical) |
| colon | punctuation: the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6. |
| semicolon | punctuation: the mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence. |
| clause | grammar: part of or a whole simple sentence that includes a subject and a predicate (for example, in the clause "Larry is here." "Larry" is the subject and "is here" is the predicate") |
| subject | grammar: one of two main parts of a simple sentence that includes a noun or noun substitute (for example, in the sentence "Larry is here." Larry is the subject and is a noun.) |
| predicate | grammar: one of two main parts of a simple sentence that includes a verb (for example, in the sentence "Larry is here." "is here" is the predicate and "is" is the verb). |
| salvation or rescue | the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc. |
| endangerment or harm | to expose to danger |
| protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
| antagonist | the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work |
| reflect | to give back or show an image of; mirror |
| disregard or ignore | to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore |
| antibody | a primary immune system defense (e.g., an antibody fights off an antigen, which is a virus) |
| antigen | a virus (e.g., The vet tests the dog for antigens. OR She will give him an antigen shot to promote antibodies to defend against the virus.) |
| hydrate | to combine chemically with water. To add moisture/water |
| dehydrate | to deprive (a chemical compound) of water or the elements of water. |
| intergalactic | of, existing, or occurring in the space between galaxies |
| Uranus | one of the giant planets, the seventh planet from the sun, sometimes visible to the naked eye. It has 27 satellites, a ring system, and an axis of rotation almost lying in the plane of the orbit. |
| inrfrastructure | the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization. |
| fragmentation | the act of breaking off or detaching. |
| catastrophic | the nature of a catastrophe - a sudden widespread disaster. |
| acidification | to make or become acid. |
| Phosphorous | a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least 3 forms - 1.yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark; 2. red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and 3. black, insoluble in most solvents, and the least flammable. |
| unsustainable | not sustainable; not to be supported, maintained, upheld, or corroborated. |
| sustainable | capable of being supported or upheld |
| fertilizer | any substance used to fertilize - enrich - the soil, especially a commercial or chemical manure |
| atmosphere | the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air. |
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