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Unit 6A Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adjective | a word that describes a noun or a pronoun |
| Adverb | a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb and often conveys time, place, manner, and degree |
| Affix | a word element, such as a prefix or suffix, that occurs before or after a root or base word to modify its meaning |
| Antonym | a word that means the opposite or nearly the opposite of another word |
| Author’s Purpose | the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work |
| Character | a person or thing who plays a role in a book, play, or movie |
| Character Traits | attributes or qualities that reveal character |
| Compound Predicate | a predicate in a sentence with two or more verb phrases |
| Compound Subject | a complete subject in a sentence with two or more simple subjects |
| Conflict | in literature, the opposition of persons or forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot of a story |
| Contraction | two words combined and shortened by omitting certain letters which are replaced with an apostrophe |
| Coordinating Conjunction | a type of conjunction that connects words, phrases, and independent clauses of equal rank |
| Details | ideas included or intentionally omitted by an author that contribute to his or her purpose |
| Dialogue | the lines spoken between characters in fiction or a play. Dialogue in a play is the main way in which plot, character, and other elements are established. |
| Drama | literary works written in a stage play format which includes dialogue and stage directions that is intended to be performed |
| Editing | a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling |
| Evaluate | to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something |
| Evidence | specific details or facts that support an inference or idea |
| Figurative Language | language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices |
| Genre | the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content |
| Inference | a logical guess made by connecting bits of information |
| Inflectional Ending | letters that combine with a base word to express tense, number, mood, or person |
| Key Ideas | important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc. |
| Literary Text | written works that are generally recognized as having artistic value; Basic forms of literary text include prose fiction, drama, poetry, and literary nonfiction. |
| Paraphrase | restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation. |
| Personal Narrative | an expressive literary piece written in first person that centers on a particular event in the author’s life and may contain vivid description as well as personal commentary and observation |
| Plot | the basic sequence of events in a story |
| Point of View | the perspective from which the events in the story are told |
| Prediction | a form of inference in which the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to anticipate and foresee forthcoming events and information |
| Pronunciation | the way in which a word is spoken |
| Resolution | the point in a literary work at which the story’s problem is worked out |
| Setting | the time and place in which a narrative occurs. Elements of setting may include the physical, psychological, cultural or historical background against which a story takes place. |
| Suffix | one or more letters placed after the root or base word that changes the meaning of the word |
| Synonym | a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word |
| Text Evidence | paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text |
| Text Structure | the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text |
| Theme | the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/condition |
| Topic | a specific subject, idea, or issue that is the focus of a discussion, essay, article, or other work |
| Word Choice | the author’s thoughtful use of precise vocabulary to fully convey meaning to the reader |
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