SyncStart Grade 7 Academic Vocabulary

Question 1

This part of speech is an action or being word.

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verb

Question 2

These are categories of literature that share similarities in form, style, and subject matter.

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genres

Question 3

This is a word that has a similar meaning

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synonym

Question 4

This adjective means "unspecific; not detailed."

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vague

Question 5

These are the people or animals in a narrative.

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characters

Question 6

This is an idea that is formed by combining textual evidence, reasoning, and prior knowledge.

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inference

Question 7

This is the feeling of anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

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suspense

Question 8

This is the important message about life that the author wants the reader to understand.

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theme

Question 9

This verb means "to make more clear."

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clarify

Question 10

This may be a word, phrase, or paragraph that supports your claim or inference.

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textual evidence

Question 11

This part of speech modifies or describes a noun.

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adjective

Question 12

This verb means to use evidence to conclude what is not directly stated in the text.

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infer

Question 13

This is literature that describes imaginary events and people.

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fiction

Question 14

This is a word part that has meaning but is often not a word in itself

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root

Question 15

This is a word part that comes at the end of a word or after the root.

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suffix

Question 16

This part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea.

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noun

Question 17

These are the words and phrases that surround an unfamiliar word.

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context clues

Question 18

These are the details that support a central idea or claim.

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textual evidence

Question 19

This means to mark or highlight text in order to express your reactions.

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annotate

Question 20

These are the different types of words you find in a sentence.

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parts of speech

Question 21

This is the time and place of a story.

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setting

Question 22

This is a word part that comes at the start of the word and before the base or root.

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prefix

Question 23

This verb means to look closely at something and break it down into its parts.

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analyze

Question 24

This is a word that has an opposite meaning.

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antonym

Question 25

This is the central problem of the story.

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conflict

SyncStart Grade 7 Academic Vocabulary

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SyncStart Grade 7 Academic Vocabulary

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