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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allegory | 1.a story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning: allegories are used for teaching or explaining ideas, moral principles, etc. Animal Farm is an allegory book with many hidden symbolic meanings. (noun) |
| Alliteration | 1. repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc. His poem was favored by the teacher because of all his alliteration, such as how he used rye and dye. (noun) |
| Analyze | 1. to separate (a thing, idea) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship.. My group analyzed that chili is easier to make than pizza because of how it took us less time. (verb) |
| Anecdote | 1. little-known, entertaining facts of history or biography. 2. a short, entertaining account of some happening, usually personal or biographical. He told his friends an anecdote about the school that he learned from the principle. (noun) |
| Anticipate | 1. to look forward to;expect. 2. to make happen earlier;precipitate. 3. to prevent by action in advance;forestall. I anticipated the coming of the second part of the movie before it came out. (verb) |
| Assonance | 1. likeness of sound, as in a series of words or syllables. 2. repetition of a vowel sound in stressed syllables in which the consonant sounds are unlike. My friend made a poem using assonance, such as rate and take. (noun) |
| Beneficial | 1. producing benefits; advantageous; favorable. 2. receiving benefit. 3. for one's own benefit. The windmills were beneficial for the city’s power because of the wind helping to make more power for the city. (adj) |
| Chronological | 1. arranged in the order of occurrence. The teacher made us make a brief timeline in chronological order about our life, like when we started school to where we are today. (adj) |
| Compare | 1. to regard as similar; liken. 2. to examine in order to observe or discover similarities or differences. In science we learned how to compare animals based on their symmetry like which have radial and which have bilateral. (verb) |
| Connotation | 1. implied additional meaning. The word had several meanings and connotations or additional meanings in the book. (noun) |
| Consonance | 1. repetition of a consonant sound in stressed syllables in the middle or at the end of words The teacher loved her song especially when she heard the consonance with the words like star and door. (noun) |
| Context | 1. the parts of a sentence, paragraph, discourse, etc. immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and determining its exact meaning. The book was fairly easy to read because of the context for the words I didn't know. (noun) |
| Contrast | 1. to compare so as to point out the differences; set off against one another. Today in class we were contrasting trees and grass, or finding the differences of trees and grass. (verb) |
| Debate | 1. to discuss opposing reasons; argue. 2. To take part in a formal discussion or a contest in which opposing sides of a question are argued. The students were debating whether to buy their text books or the school should. (verb) |
| Denotation | 1. The direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word or term. 2. An indication or sign. The students did not understand the denotation or sense of the symbol the board. (noun) |
| Describe | 1. to tell or write about; give a detailed account of. 2. to picture in words. 3. To trace the outline of. 4. To descry: so used through confusion. My mom had to describe or explain what some of the words in the chapter book meant or looked like. (v |
| Elaborate | 1. worked out carefully; developed in great detail. 2. Highly wrought or ornamented; complicated. The plans for the house were very elaborate or complex including the entrance with a diamond coated chandelier and gold plated door knobs. (adj) |
| Epitome | 1. a short statement of the main points of a book, report, incident, etc.; abstract; summary. He was the epitome of rich with his ten thousand dollar suit, silver cane, his luxury sedan parked out front. (noun) |
| Evaluate | 1. to find the value or amount of. 2. to judge or determine the worth or quality of; appraise. 3. To find the numerical value of; express in numbers. She evaluated that if she were to do five problems a day she would finish she project in a week. (ve |
| Explain | 1. to make clear, plain, or understandable. 2. To give the meaning or interpretation of; expound. 3. To account for; state reasons for. I explained or clarified that if he wanted to get good grades he needed to fix his behavior. (verb) |
| Fact | 1. A thing that has actually happened or that is really true; thing that has been or is. 2. The state of things as they are; reality; actuality; truth. A fact about lakes is that they are bodies of water that do not connect to the ocean. (noun) |
| Formulate | 1. to express (a theory, plan, etc.) in a systematic way. The scientist formulated that if he if he mixed certain chemicals he could make a plastic that could not let any molecules through. (verb) |
| Hazardous | 1. of or involving chance. 2. Risky; dangerous; perilous. Everyone knows that the railroad tracks are a hazardous place to park your car by on a red light because of the risk of getting hit by a train. (adj) |
| Idiom | 1. Fixed expression with nonliteral meaning. The book had several idioms or phrases for the situations they came to such as if the going gets tough you get going. (noun) |
| Illustrious | 1. lustrous; shining; bright. 2. very clear; evident. 3. very distinguished; famous; eminent; outstanding. The jewel is illustrious through the country and people from different places come to see this famous jewel. (adj) |
| Infer | 1. to conclude or decide from something known or assumed; derive by reasoning; draw as a conclusion. The student inferred that if he kept bread out for two days that it would grow mold concluding that bread grows mold. (verb) |
| Judicious | 1. having, applying, or showing sound judgment; wise and careful. The old man was very judicious and knew the right thing to say every time which is why some called him the sensible one. (adj) |
| Literal | 1. following basic meaning. 2. following or representing the exact words of the original; word-for-word. The teacher wrote literal instructions on the board meaning they were to be followed word for word. (adj) |
| Manipulate | 1. operate something. 2. to falsify (figures, accounts, etc.) for one's own purposes or profit; rig That man will be manipulating the puppets for the show put on for the kids and the other puppets will be controlled by him also in the next. (verb) |
| Metaphor | 1. implicit comparison. 2. figurative language. The book is full of figurative language like metaphors and similes if you want to teach or learn them. (noun) |
| Monotonous | 1. going on in the same tone without variation. 2. Having little or no variation or variety. 3. tiresome because unvarying. The student was very monotonous when reading the book that the story was dull and uninteresting to the others. (adj) |
| Omniscient | 1. having infinite knowledge; knowing all things. The scientist was almost omniscient knowing any question that was asked and even came up with several theories and laws used today in science nearly making him all-knowing. (adj) |
| Onomatopoeia | 1. formation of a word by imitating the natural sound associated with the object or action involved; echoism. The book “Cat in a Hat” is a book full of onomatopoeias, so much that even the title has words with an imitated sound. (noun) |
| Opinion | 1. personal view It was his opinion that the school would look better if painted green but others point of view was that it should be painted blue. (noun) |
| Optimist | 1. one who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. It was only my dad who stayed the optimist after the car crash trying to keep positive and tell us it could have been worse. (noun) |
| Paradox | 1. a statement contrary to common belief. 2. a statement that seems contradictory, unbelievable, or absurd but that may be true in fact. His belief on how the world would end seemed too paradox or unbelievable to even happen. (noun) |
| Paraphrase | 1. a rewording of something spoken or written, usually for the purpose of making its meaning clearer. 2. rephrase and simplify The teacher wanted us to paraphrase the paragraph or meaning to summarize and explain in our own words the paragraph. (verb) |
| Plot | 1. piece of ground. 2. story line. 3. chart or diagram of business or a building. 4. secret plan. We had to figure out the plot of the story or story line and write it in our own words. (noun) |
| Predict | 1. to say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events). The fortune teller predicted that he would die in seven days but he never did so the prediction or presage was wrong. (Verb) |
| Rigorous | 1. very strict or harsh. 2. very severe or sharp. 3. rigidly precise; thoroughly accurate or exact. He had the rigorous effort of cleaning the tiles until he could see his face which was, a precise and unrelenting four hours. (adj) |
| Simile | 1. a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, dissimilar thing by the use of like, as, etc. The teacher told the student that a simile and metaphor are both figures of speech but similes use like and as. (noun) |
| Summarize | 1. to make a summary of; state briefly. 2. to be a summary of. The teacher told the students to summarize the book in one paragraph and to try to keep the main points in mind while writing the summary. (verb) |
| Support | 1. keep something or someone stable 2. bear weight 3. sustain somebody financially 4. give active help and encouragement The athlete had support from his team and his coach, and with that encouragement he won the race. (verb) |
| Synopsis | 1. a statement giving a brief, general review or condensation; summary. The CEO wanted the synopsis from the scientist about what the experiment would do. (noun) |
| Synthesize | 1. to bring together into a whole by synthesis. 2. to form by bringing together separate parts. 3. to produce substance by chemical process. The scientists figured out a way to synthesize a horse with a donkey and make a mule in this combination. (ve |
| Theme | 1. a topic or subject, as of a lecture, sermon, essay, etc. 2. distinct unifying idea. 3. repeated melody. 4. essay or written exercise. The theme for the dance was oceans and the whole gym was decorated with sea creatures for the subject. (noun) |
| Trace | 1. remaining sign. 2. tiny quality. 3. barely detectable amount. 4. footpath. 5. path. 6. line marking something. 7. drawing. The trace of his cologne was stuck in the room after he sprayed it leaving a small lingering smell in the room. (noun) |
| Utopia | 1. ideal and perfect life. 2. imaginary island or place. The land Atlantis is supposed to be a utopia with anything you could dream of, too bad it doesn’t exist. (noun) |
| Veracity | 1. truth. 2. truthfulness. 3. true statement. The man talked to the police officer in such veracity the officer did not give him a ticket because of his truthfulness. (noun) |
| Verbatim | 1. word for word; in exactly the same words. 2. identical words. The student did not paraphrase correctly because the student had too much verbatim and the paraphrase was practically identical to the subject. (adj) |
| Vital | 1. crucial. 2. needed for life. 3. lively. 4. of life. The interview was vital for his job so crucial that if he didn’t show up he would be fired. (adj) |
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