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Vocab ALL Lang Arts
Mr. Hoeve's Language Arts Academic Vocabulary All
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| next | coming right after |
| chapter | the sections of a book |
| convention | a way of acting or doing something that most people agree to use |
| plot | what happens in a story, movie or play |
| retell | to tell a story again or to tell what happened in a story |
| genre | a category of a kind of writing (e.g. poetry, fiction, adventure, science fiction, etc.) |
| word choice | using the best words so that the person reading will understand exactly what the writer is saying |
| analyze | to study something carefully |
| expository | writing that explains or informs about something |
| rubric | the list of goals that need to be reached to get each score or grade |
| index | an alphabetic list of words and names listed with the pages where to find them in a book |
| alphabetize | to put things in a,b,c order |
| consonant | all of the letters of the alphabet that are not vowels |
| decode | using letter sounds to find what a word is |
| name | a word used to describe a specific person, animal or thing |
| preview | a description of what is going to happen or look like |
| pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun for example: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us them |
| verb | a word that shows action or being (is, are, were, etc.) |
| listening skill | being able to understand the meaning of what is being said by hearing and thinking about it. |
| audience | a group of people that are watching or listening to something |
| glossary | an alphabetical list of words and definitions that are found in the back of some books |
| abbreviation | a shortened form of a word or name |
| conclude | to stop or finish |
| text features | all the different parts in a piece of writing such as: title, caption, glossary, charts, diagrams, tables, table of contents, etc. |
| title | the name of a book, article, or other artistic work |
| conversation | talking to each other about something |
| date | the month, year, and number of the day in that month |
| story structure | a kind of map of what happens in a story |
| question mark | a symbol used to show that a question is being asked |
| antonym | a word that means the opposite of another word |
| uppercase | another name for capital letters |
| visualize | to make a picture of something in your mind by using what is written or told |
| edit | to make changes and correct mistakes |
| indent | a space left before starting to write, usually at the beginning of a paragraph |
| detail / supporting detail | a small part of a story, passage or other text |
| predict | to guess what will or might happen in the future. |
| real | something that is not fake or pretend - something that is true and exists - |
| information | facts about a subject, person, or thing |
| rhyme | words that end with the same sound |
| character | a person or animal or subject in a story |
| lowercase | another name for small letters |
| root word | a word or main part of a word that does not have any prefixes or suffixes |
| table of contents | a list at the beginning of a book that shows where to find the different parts |
| topic | the thing or person that is being written about or talked about |
| capital | another name for uppercase (see picture) |
| noun / proper noun / common noun | "person, place or thing /a particular noun usually starting with a capital letter (like a name) / not a particular noun usually not starting with a capital letter |
| plural | more than one of something |
| space | an area that does not have anything in it |
| encyclopedia | a set of books that gives information about many different subjects |
| fantasy | a story, or movie that takes place in an imaginary world |
| author's purpose | why a person wrote something. (Persuade -convince)(Inform - provide information) (Entertain - for fun) |
| subject / predicate | subject - who a sentence is about / predicate – what happens in the sentence |
| infer / inference | a good guess about something using clues from a text |
| grammar | the rules used to put together words, sentences, paragraphs in a language |
| describe/ description | to explain what something or someone looks, sound, smells, feels, and/or tastes like etc. |
| expression | showing a mood |
| sentence | a group of words that expresses a statement, question, command, or wish (Starts with capital letter & ends with . or ! or ?) |
| prefix | a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning |
| reread | to read something again |
| heading | a title at the top of a piece of writing |
| period | a dot used to mark the end of a sentence that is a statement |
| poem | like songs without music |
| compare & contrast | compare – how things are the same / contrast – how things are different |
| skim | to quickly look over a piece of writing to find out what it is about - to read parts of something |
| action verb | a word that tells what a subject is doing |
| language | a system of words and signs that are used to communicate thoughts and feelings |
| different | not the same |
| short vowel | the sound made by: a in cat, e in hen, i in fish , o in fox, u in duck |
| comma | a mark that is used to separate words or groups of words in a sentence. |
| mystery | a story, play or movie that describes how a crime is solved |
| singular | a word used when there is only one thing |
| vocabulary | the meaning of words |
| blend | a sound that two or more letters make when they are put together |
| thesaurus | a book that works like a dictionary, but gives words that mean the same thing as the one you look up |
| caption | the words that go along with a picture in books, magazines, articles, etc. |
| integration | to put two or more things together to make something |
| narrator | the person who tells a story |
| evaluate | to decide the value or worth of something |
| make believe | pretend, or not real |
| fairy tale | a story that has magical creatures and often teaches a lesson |
| folktale | a traditional story or a story that has been told for many generations |
| opposite | completely different |
| sequence/ sequential | the order in which things happen |
| spelling | putting letters in order to make words |
| cause / effect | cause – why a thing happened / effect – the result of the thing that happened |
| synthesize | making something using different things or ideas |
| introduction | the beginning of a piece of writing that usually gives an idea of what will come later in the text |
| bibliography | a list of where an author found information for the writing |
| long vowel | a vowel sound that makes the same sound as the vowel’s name |
| word | a sound or sounds that have a meaning when spoken or written |
| interrogate | to ask questions in order to figure out what is happening |
| verb tense | the way a verb is written to show when something happened e.g. in the past, present, or future |
| focus | main idea or most important part |
| picture book | a book that is all or mostly pictures |
| fiction / nonfiction | fiction - not true or not real / nonfiction – true or real |
| adverb | a word that tells more about a verb or adjective |
| alphabet | the letters used to make all of the words of a language |
| feedback | helpful information given to improve something |
| illustrate/ illustration | a drawing or painting that goes along with the text in a book |
| discuss | to talk about (something) with another person or group |
| run-on sentence | two or more sentences that are not separated correctly |
| same | exactly alike - Not different |
| contraction | a short form of a word group that is usually made by leaving out a letter or sound |
| passage | a short piece of writing |
| setting | a place and time where something happens in a story |
| brainstorm | trying to think of all the ways to answer a question or solve a problem. |
| story | a description of something that happens |
| conclusion | the end part of a piece of writing that tells how everything fits together or makes a summary |
| syllable | a part of a word that has one sound when you say it |
| sight word | the words that are used most often in English |
| essay | a short piece of writing on a particular subject. |
| wish/want | thinking about something that a person would like to have or like to do |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem, it can be true or imaginary |
| solution | a way to solve a problem or difficult situation |
| compound word | two words put together to make a new word |
| organize / organization | to put things in order, or in way that they can be easily found and used |
| legend | a story from the past that is believed by many people but cannot be proved to be true |
| apostrophe | a symbol that shows a letter is missing (can’t) or that something belongs to somebody (Joe’s) |
| punctuation | the marks used in writing to make the meaning clear and to separate sentences |
| quotation | the marks used to show exactly what somebody said “ ” |
| diagram | a drawing that shows how something works or the parts of something |
| beginning/ middle/ end | the parts of a story |
| possessive | when a word shows that something belongs to somebody. Usually made by adding ‘s |
| vowel | the letters a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y |
| persuade | to convince somebody to agree |
| follow directions | taking the steps that are written or spoken to finish something |
| synonym | a word that means the same or almost the same as another word |
| atlas | a book of maps |
| title page | the page (usually on the front) of a book that tells the name of the book, the author, and other important information |
| point of view | how a person sees (or hears) something and what he thinks about it |
| summarize | to give information again using less words |
| problem | something that is not right or needs to be fixed in a story or movie |
| main idea | what a piece of writing is mostly about |
| sound | Something that can be heard |
| author | the person who wrote the words in a piece of writing (like a book) |
| letters | a symbol that is used to represent a sound – They are used to make words to communicate in reading and writing |
| fact / opinion | fact - something that can be proven / opinion - something that a person believes, or feels, but can not be proven |
| book cover | the outside of a book |
| imagery | using words that can make a picture or feeling in our minds |
| definition | what a word means |
| suffix | a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning |
| revise | to fix mistakes and make changes in writing so that it will be better |
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