Vocabulary 2015-2016

What are conclusions made by using prior knowledge and clues from the story?

What is an educated guess at what will happen in the future?

What is a sentence containing two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction?

What is to give a shortened version of a text?

What is proof found within the text?

What is the progression of events leading to a resolution?

What is to fix spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar errors in writing?

What are hints an author gives to help define an unknown word?

What is comparing sets of items based on their relationships?

What are phrases used to add style or bring life to writing?

What is a sentence containing one independent clause and one dependent clause?

What are parts of a textbook created to help locate and learn information?

What is a struggle or battle a character experiences in a story?

What is a fictional piece of writing?

What is to improve writing by changing word or sentence structure?

What is the message the author wants to convey in a story, a life lesson learned?

What is a prefix or suffix added to a root word to change meaning or part of speech?

What is the most important information that tells more about the overall idea of text?

What is a statement that explains or provides examples for the main idea?

What is to submit a final writing piece?

What is the basic part of a word after all affixes have been removed?

What is an organizational pattern in which a topic is explained using lots of sensory detail?

What is the way a character changes over time or throughout the course of a fictional story?

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

What is a sentence containing a subject and a predicate called an "independent clause"?

What are different ways of organizing information based on the author's purpose?

What is to provide comments or suggestions on how to improve the quality of someone's work?