Santoro ELA December Vocab Review

Question 1

The writers intent.

Accepted Answer

authors purpose

Question 2

The time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops in a literary work.

Accepted Answer

setting

Question 3

Historical fiction is an event that happened in the past with a story line that is not real.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Context clues are found cooking on the stove.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

The plot of a story is where it takes place.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Freedom from mistake or error.

Accepted Answer

accuracy

Question 7

Idioms are considered figurative language.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Structures used to organize information in a text.

Accepted Answer

text structure

Question 9

The most important or central thoughts unifying elements of a text.

Accepted Answer

central idea

Question 10

To infer means to use text clues to figure out what the author hasn't told you.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

The components of a story or article that are not the main body of text.

Accepted Answer

text features

Question 12

To express or cover the main points briefly.

Accepted Answer

summarize

Question 13

A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning.

Accepted Answer

affix

Question 14

A sentence should always start with a capital letter.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Any one of the parts into which a word is naturally divided.

Accepted Answer

syllable

Question 16

A photograph is a text feature.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

To contrast two things you are listing how they are alike.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

A fact is what someone thinks, feels, or believes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

In reading, fast and accurate word recognition.

Accepted Answer

automaticity

Question 20

A simile compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 20