PSSA Vocabulary Week 1 Flashcards | StudBudPSSA Vocabulary Week 1
4th Grade ELA
1academic vocabulary
- type of language used in daily conversation
- information or facts
- terms used across many subjects
- smaller section of an act in a play
2simile
- words that have the same meaning
- comparison not using like or as
- words that have the opposite meaning
- comparison using like or as
3main idea
- series of events in a story
- words or phrase that help you understand a meaning of a word
- fact and information that support a main idea
- most important idea of a piece of writing
4scene
- smaller section of an act in a drama
- story that is made-up
- comparison using like or as
- words that mean the same
5fiction
- series of events in a story
- facts and information in a story
- true story about someone's life
- writing about made-up people and events
6caption
- comparison using like or as
- a phrase that tells what a photograph is about
- phrase above a section of text
- words or phrases that help you understand a meaning
7dialogue
- words that describe a picture
- word or phrase above a section of text
- a smaller section of an act in a drama
- words that characters speak
8evidence
- analysis of a text
- information or facts used to support a claim
- word or phrase above the text
- an inference based on the text
9synonyms
- Words that mean the same
- most important idea
- Words that mean the opposite
- Comparison using like or as
10informal language
- very fancy language
- words characters speak in a drama
- language used in everyday conversation
- terms used across many subjects
11heading
- series of events in a story
- word or phrase above a section of text
- word or phrase that describes a picture
- title of a passage
12antonyms
- information or facts used to support an idea
- what a story is mostly about
- words that mean the same
- words that mean the opposite
13context clues
- evidence in a story
- words or phrases that help you understand a word
- words that characters speak
- language used in everyday conversation
14plot
- series of events in a story
- writing that is made-up
- a traditional story from a certain place
- information or facts used to support the main idea
15myth
- traditional story from a certain place
- series of events in a story
- writing about made-up people or events
- most important idea in a piece of writing
