Vocab Quiz 1 Content PDF

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Acronym | A combination of letters that | | | represent a longer phrase. | | | (Examples: FBI-Federal Bureau of | |...

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Acronym | A combination of letters that | | | represent a longer phrase. | | | (Examples: FBI-Federal Bureau of | | | Investigation, USA-United States | | | of America). | +===================================+===================================+ | Alliteration | The use of words that begin with | | | the same sound near one another | | | | | | (Examples: Wild and Woolly, | | | Babbling Brook). | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Anecdote | A short story about an | | | interesting or funny event in | | | your life that you share with | | | others. (Example: I remember one | | | time that happened to me...) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Anthology | A published collection of | | | writings (such as poems or short | | | stories) by different authors. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Argument | A statement where someone uses | | | evidence to fight against another | | | opinion. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Assumption | Something that is believed to be | | | true or probably true based on | | | partial facts. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Autobiography | A nonfiction book written about a | | | person by that person. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Bibliography | A list of the books, magazines, | | | articles, etc., that have been | | | used for a report. This page | | | comes at the end of the report. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Book Review | When someone reads a book and | | | explains if they like the book or | | | not based on the story, the style | | | the book was written, and the | | | ending. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Brochure | A small, thin book or magazine | | | that usually has many pictures | | | and | | | | | | information about a product, a | | | place, etc. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Catalog | A book containing a list of | | | things that you can buy, use, | | | etc., and often pictures. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Chronological Order | The arrangement of things | | | following one another in time. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Conclude | To put information together and | | | create a new idea. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Context | When you don't understand a | | | | | | word/phrase and use the sentences | | | around it as clues to figure out | | | a | | | | | | word/phrase's meaning. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Conversation | Talking between two or more | | | people. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Dialogue | The things that are said by the | | | characters in a story, movie, | | | play, etc. (Example: \"What are | | | you talking about,\" he asked.) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Diary | A book in which you write down | | | your personal experiences and | | | thoughts each day. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Editorial | An opinion writing in a newspaper | | | or magazine that gives the | | | opinions of its editors or | | | publishers. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Evaluate | To judge the value or condition | | | of (someone or something) in a | | | careful and thoughtful way. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Exaggeration | To think of or describe something | | | as larger as or greater than it | | | really is. (Example: I have a | | | mountain of | | | | | | homework to do tonight.) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Excerpt | A small part of a longer written | | | work. A few sentences, or a | | | paragraph out of a novel. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Explain | To make (something) clear or easy | | | to understand. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Feeling | An emotional state or reaction. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Field Guide | A book that helps you to identify | | | birds, plants, animals, rocks, | | | etc. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Figurative | Special phrases used by authors | | | to make their writing more | | Language | interesting (such as metaphors, | | | similes, and hyperbole). | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Graph | Drawing that uses a series of | | | dots, lines, etc., to represent | | | numbers and show how much or how | | | quickly something changes. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Graphic | Helps students to visualize | | | information so they can | | Organizer | understand it better. (Example: | | | We used a Venn diagram to figure | | | out our thoughts on compare and | | | contrast.) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Homonym | A word that sounds like another | | | word but is different in meaning. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Literary Device | Special wording techniques | | | writers use to create text that | | | is clear, interesting, and | | | memorable (irony, flashback, | | | | | | foreshadowing, etc.) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Literary | The important parts of a story | | | that authors include in order to | | Elements | create a great story. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+