Academic Vocabulary (TNReady Review)

Comparison of 2 unlike items that uses like or as

Words that mean the opposite

Words that help move thoughts to the next thought

How much time should you spend reading the text and planning?

A play

Happens first; makes something happen

The point of a paragraph or text

Stated in a clear manner leaving no room for confusion or doubt

A short saying of a general truth or piece of advice

How much time should you spend revising and editing?

Use of figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, and allusions

A brief statement containing the main points of a text

How long do you have for the writing test?

A conclusion based on text evidence and your schema

What graphic organizer would you use for an opinion writing prompt?

a set of letters attached to a root word at the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix)

time and place where a story takes place

What graphic organizer would you use for an informative writing prompt?

Someone who is telling the story

How something is alike

A set of letters attached to the root words at the beginning

What graphic organizer would you use for a narrative writing prompt?

Conversation between characters using correct punctuation like quotation marks & a speaker tag

A set of letters attached to the root word at the end

How informational text is organized

A group of lines in poetry

A reference source you go to in order to find synonyms or antonyms

When an actual character is telling a narrative story

A combination of words that has a different meaning than the literal meaning

Lesson you learn from a narrative text

A piece of writing usually written in lines or stanzas

People in a narrative text

How much time should you spend writing?

When someone outside of the story line is telling a narrative story

The comparison of 2 unlike items that does not use like or as

The problem and solution in the text

Hints an author gives to help define a difficult word or phrase

How something is not the same

Language that is attached to a specific region

Words that mean the same

How the problem is solved in a narrative text

A reference source you go to in order to define a word

Info given in a play that tells what the characters are doing/how they should say their parts

Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

Problem

The result of a cause (happens after the cause)

Available facts or information to prove a point to be valid or true

What should you do if you get done early on ANY of the tests?