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Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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researchto look for informationverbI am going to research the Oregon Trail.

scenepart of a movie or a playnounScene two in the Nutcracker featured the evil mice.

anthologya published group of poems or other pieces of writingnounI read an anthology of realistic fiction short stories.

argument (argue) give reasons to persuade others nounI am giving my argument for why you should be going on the Oregon Trail.

assumption (assume)a thing that is accepted as true without proofnounI am making an assumption that you love football, because I see you play it on the playground.

cataloga complete list of items, usually in alphabetical ordernoun We used the online card catalog to locate the book in the library.

contextusing the words around it to determine the meaning of an unknown wordWe can use the context of the sentence to figure out the unknown word.noun

draftthe first copy of your writing nounI had to take home my rough draft realistic fiction story for homework.

evaluate (evaluation)to draw some conclusions about textverbEvaluate your mystery book.

figurative languagewhen you use like or as to compare somethingnounI used figurative language when I said, “Break a leg!”

explainto tell about something/someoneverb

graphic organizera chart or diagram that readers and writers can use to take notes and organize informationnounI used a graphic organizer to compare and contrast two different stories.

problem and solutiona text that has a conflict and a resolution to the problemnounMy problem was all the cookies were gone. Now I have a solution….my little brother ate them!

reference materialtext that you can use to find facts and information: thesaurus, dictionary, internetnounI used a dictionary as a reference material to find some words that I didn’t know.

satirethe use of humor using sarcasm in writing nounSaturday Night Live uses satire in their show.

allusionan expression designed to help you remember somethingexample: I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.” This refers to the story of Pinocchio, where his nose grew whenever he told a lie.nounThe writer used allusion in her story.

similefigurative language using like or asnounHe was as big as a hippo.I did not understand the simile.

verban action word in a sentencenounRacing is a verb.

speechspeaking in front of an audiencenounMartin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

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research
to look for information
verb
I am going to research the Oregon Trail.

scene
part of a movie or a play
noun
Scene two in the Nutcracker featured the evil mice.

anthology
a published group of poems or other pieces of writing
noun
I read an anthology of realistic fiction short stories.

argument (argue)
give reasons to persuade others
noun
I am giving my argument for why you should be going on the Oregon Trail.

assumption (assume)
a thing that is accepted as true without proof
noun
I am making an assumption that you love football, because I see you play it on the playground.

catalog
a complete list of items, usually in alphabetical order
noun
We used the online card catalog to locate the book in the library.

context
using the words around it to determine the meaning of an unknown word
We can use the context of the sentence to figure out the unknown word.
noun

draft
the first copy of your writing
noun
I had to take home my rough draft realistic fiction story for homework.

evaluate (evaluation)
to draw some conclusions about text
verb
Evaluate your mystery book.

figurative language
when you use like or as to compare something
noun
I used figurative language when I said, “Break a leg!”

explain
to tell about something/someone
verb

graphic organizer
a chart or diagram that readers and writers can use to take notes and organize information
noun
I used a graphic organizer to compare and contrast two different stories.

problem and solution
a text that has a conflict and a resolution to the problem
noun
My problem was all the cookies were gone. Now I have a solution….my little brother ate them!

reference material
text that you can use to find facts and information: thesaurus, dictionary, internet
noun
I used a dictionary as a reference material to find some words that I didn’t know.

satire
the use of humor using sarcasm in writing
noun
Saturday Night Live uses satire in their show.

allusion
an expression designed to help you remember something
example: I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.” This refers to the story of Pinocchio, where his nose grew whenever he told a lie.
noun
The writer used allusion in her story.

simile
figurative language using like or as
noun
He was as big as a hippo.
I did not understand the simile.

verb
an action word in a sentence
noun
Racing is a verb.

speech
speaking in front of an audience
noun
Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.