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Vocabulary 5
FAST Prep
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Important details | information in a text that supports the central idea |
| Infer | to form an opinion from evidence to reach a conclusion based on known facts |
| integrate | to combine two or more things to become more effective to combine ideas from sources with one's own ideas |
| interpretation | an explanation or opinion of what something means |
| Introduce | to bring forward for discussion or consideration to put in |
| irregular words | words that have exceptions to the typical sound - spelling patterns Note: irregular words are difficult to decode because the sounds of the letters in the word do not add up to the correct pronunciation |
| Juxtaposition | the technique of putting two or more elements side side by side to invite comparison or contrast |
| LAN | a Local Area Network such as a home router |
| Legible | handwriting clear enough to read |
| Lexicon | all words known as an individual |
| Logical | according to a proper or reasonable way of thinking according to what reasonably expected |
| Mood | the atmosphere of a piece of writing; it's the emotions of a selection arouses in a reader through diction, figurative language, and other choices note: although both mood and tone are developed through diction, they are not synonymous |
| Morpheme | smallest meaningful unit in a writing system |
| Morphology | the system of word-forming elements and processes in a language |
| Morphology | the knowledge of meaningful word parts in a language (typically the knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and/or base words ) |