Vocabulary List #2 (7th Grade)

Question 1

Information based on the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch

Accepted Answer

sensory detail

Question 2

Works of art created with words (novels, poetry, plays, etc.)

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literature

Question 3

To retell in FEWER WORDS than the original

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summarize

Question 4

A character is telling (narrating) the story (uses pronouns like I and me)

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first person

Question 5

analysis and explanation of a topic

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justification

Question 6

To reach a conclusion by examining the context of the story and the evidence in it

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infer

Question 7

Shows who is telling (narrating) the story

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point of view

Question 8

PED means . . .

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foot

Question 9

A message or life lesson the author is trying to teach the reader

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theme

Question 10

The overall feeling created by the author

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tone

Question 11

To try to get someone to think or feel the same way you do about a topic

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persuade

Question 12

To retell something in your own words (SAME LENGTH as the original)

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paraphrase

Question 13

BI means . . .

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two

Question 14

Nearby words and phrases that help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word

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context clues

Question 15

The information that is in a document or book

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content

Question 16

To give evidence to help prove a claim

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support

Question 17

An object that STANDS FOR another object, person, place, or idea

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symbol

Question 18

TRI means . . .

Accepted Answer

three

Question 19

To carefully consider the value of something (analyze)

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evaluate

Question 20

Facts used in an effort to prove something to be true

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evidence

Question 21

MAN, MANU means . . .

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hand

Question 22

Narrator tells the story, but is not a character in it (uses pronouns like he, she, they)

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third person

Question 23

UNI means . . .

Accepted Answer

one

Question 24

Narrator speaks to you as the reader (uses the pronoun you)

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second person

Question 25

A statement of a writer’s argument, position, or opinion (many times called a thesis statement)

Accepted Answer

claim

Vocabulary List #2 (7th Grade)

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Vocabulary List #2 (7th Grade)

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