StudySync Grade 7 Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary

Question 1

This is a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

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simile

Question 2

This is someone's point of view.

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perspective

Question 3

These are the main events of the story.

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plot

Question 4

These are the participants in the story.

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characters

Question 5

This is writing that is based on facts, real people, and real events.

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nonfiction

Question 6

This is what characters say.

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dialogue

Question 7

This is a group of lines in a poem

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stanza

Question 8

This is language not meant to be read literally

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figurative language

Question 9

This is an account of a person's life written by that person. Barrio Boy is an example of one.

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autobiography

Question 10

These are the specific details that support the central idea or inference.

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textual evidence

Question 11

This verb means "to check a piece of writing for mistakes."

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edit

Question 12

This is the problem of the story.

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conflict

Question 13

This is the most important point that an author makes about a topic.

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central idea

Question 14

These are words and phrases whose connotations go beyond their literal meanings.

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figures of speech

Question 15

This is a collection of memories written by an individual.

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memoir

Question 16

These are the personal qualities of characters.

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character traits

Question 17

This is a type of figurative language that is a reference to something that is well known.

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allusion

Question 18

This is a comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as."

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metaphor

Question 19

This part of speech describes or modifies a noun.

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adjective

Question 20

This is the time and place of a story.

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setting

Question 21

This is a short statement that covers the most important ideas in a text.

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summary

Question 22

This is a group of words that does not contain both a subject and its verb.

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phrase

Question 23

This is the narrator of a poem.

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speaker

Question 24

This is two or more sentences written incorrectly as if it were one.

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run-on sentence

Question 25

This verb means "to rewrite something in a better way."

Accepted Answer

revise

StudySync Grade 7 Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary

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StudySync Grade 7 Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary

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