ELA/Reading 7 CRCT Vocabulary review

1. ELA/Reading 7 CRCT Vocabulary review

2. Directions • Use the word bank provided to match the following definitions with their appropriate reading/ELA terms.

3. 1. • Two or more independent clauses joined by a semicolon or coordinating conjunction • Ex. Louis will eat pizza, but Jan will have donuts.

4. 2. • A propaganda technique that persuades the audience to do something because everyone else is doing it. • Ex. All teens have I-phones, so you should get one too! • Clue:

5. 3. • how an author develops characters through descriptions of their appearance, behavior, and beliefs

6. 4. • The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words • Ex. Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

7. 5. • a word that describes a noun or pronoun • Ex. Bill has a yellow car.

8. 6. • a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or adverb • Ex. Shawn is very athletic.

9. 7. • a list of resources used in a written text that cites the original author, the title of the work, where it was published, who published it, and the year it was published

10. 8. • words under a graphic that tell what the graphic is about

11. 9. • a group of words…. contains a subject and predicate (but does not express a complete thought) …functions as an adjective in a sentence • Ex. Shawn’s brother, who runs and swims, is very athletic.

12. 10. • an unfair preference for something, or an unfair dislike of something

13. 11. • the reason a writer writes

14. 12. • the author’s attitude toward a subject

15. 13. • an organizational structure used for writing …recalls events in time order

16. 14. • an organizational structure used for writing…presents the similarities and differences on a subject

17. 15. • an organizational structure used for writing…shows why things happened and the results of what happened

18. 16. • a sentence structure that contains a dependent clause and an independent clause • Ex. While Ana was at home, her sister went to the doctor.

19. 17. • a sentence structure that contains a dependent clause and at least two independent clauses • Ex. Although I like to eat healthy foods, I sometimes will have a burger, and I also like to eat pizza.

20. 18. • an expression that means something different than the actual words it uses • Ex. raining cats and dog

21. 19. • a clause that contains a subject and a verb and can stand alone • Ex. Barbara lives on Juniper Street.

22. 20. • an alphabetical list of names or topics and the page numbers where these subjects can be found in a written text

23. 21. • a propaganda technique that appeals to the audience by using vague language that has emotional qualities • Ex. a commercial that attempts to convince you to buy a product by loosely using words such as family, love, patriotism, courage, freedom, honor, or justice --- “If you care about justice, you will contribute to our campaign.”

24. 22. • an exaggeration for effect • There were a million students in the cafeteria line for lunch.

25. 23. • a story with a moral….sometimes feature animals that talk • Ex. “The Tortoise and the Hare”… “The Fox and the Grapes”

26. 24. • the main problem in a story the characters must solve

27. 25. • a note at the bottom of a page that shows where resource material was taken from

28. 26. • a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate but that cannot stand alone • Ex. Shawn’s brother, who runs and swims, is very athletic.

29. 27. • a way of presenting information that it makes sense to the readers

30. 28. • the sentence in a paragraph that sums up the paragraph’s main idea

31. 29. • a comparison that does not use either like or as • Ex. The students were a rainbow of bright, shining faces

32. 30. • an organizational pattern used mainly in persuasive writing where the least important detail is presented first and builds up to the most important detail

33. 31. • techniques used to support one’s argument on a topic

34. 32. • certain feelings created in a reader caused by author’s word choice, setting, and character’s actions, thoughts, and dialogue

35. 33. • how a problem in a story is solved

36. 34. • two or more sentences written together without proper punctuation • Gia is a dancer she is also a singer.

37. 35. • the use of words to stand for sounds • Ex. boom, pow, buzz

38. 36. • a story that tells about a culture’s heroes, ancestors, creation, and gods

39. 37. • a sequence of events in a story

40. 38. • an incomplete sentence that lacks either a subject, or a verb, or both

41. 39. • the time and place of action in a story

42. 40. • repeating words or phrases to make a point, or in a poem, a when a word/words occur over and over

43. 41. • giving human traits to nonhuman things

44. 42. • a lesson in a story as in a fable

45. 43. • a comparison that uses either like or as • Ex. crazy like a fox

46. 44. • the repetition of sounds at the end of lines in poetry

47. 45. • type of sentence that consists of only one independent clause. • Ex. Juno is a boy.

48. 46. • propaganda technique that connects famous people with a cause so others are convinced to join • Ex.---Jessica Simpson a Proactiv commercial

49. 47. • word that shows action or state of being

50. 48. • in writing, an organizational pattern that places details according to their location in a space • Ex. left to right, top to bottom, East to West