Reading - vocab

Question 1

Homophones

Answer 1

words that sound the same, such as “new,” and “knew,” but have different meanings

Question 2

Homographs

Answer 2

words that are spelled the same, such as “bass” (a fish) and “bass” (a musical instrument), but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently

Question 3

Simple sentence

Answer 3

contains one idea or independent clause and uses only an end mark

Question 4

Complex sentence

Answer 4

has an independent clause and a dependent clause

Question 5

compound sentence

Answer 5

sentence that contains at least two independent clauses

Question 6

compound-complex sentence

Answer 6

contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Question 7

clause

Answer 7

a word group that contains a subject and a verb

Question 8

phrase

Answer 8

a group of words that does not have a subject or a verb and functions as a single part of speech

Question 9

independent clause

Answer 9

contains a subject and a predicate that contains a verb and states something about a subject. Can stand on its own as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought

Question 10

dependent clause

Answer 10

begins with a subordinating word such as “although,” “because,” or “since” and cannot stand on its own because it does not finish a complete thought

Question 11

Noun

Answer 11

a person, place, thing, or idea (brother, school, computer, philosophy)

Question 12

Pronoun

Answer 12

a word that takes the place of a noun (she, he, they, we)

Question 13

Verb

Answer 13

a word that describes an action or state of being (walk, grasps, questioned)

Question 14

Adjective

Answer 14

word or phrase that describes or modifies a noun (frozen, ridiculous, excitable)

Question 15

Adverb

Answer 15

word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb (easily, quickly)

Question 16

Preposition

Answer 16

a word that describes relationships between their words (before, according to, since)

Question 17

Conjunctions

Answer 17

connecting words (and, so, but)

Question 18

Interjection

Answer 18

a word or phrase that represents a short burst of emotion (Hey! Ouch! Yay!)

Question 19

Complement

Answer 19

sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object

Question 20

Modifier

Answer 20

a word or group of words that provides a description for another word

Question 21

Direct object

Answer 21

a word or group of words that receives the action of a verb

Question 22

Indirect object

Answer 22

the person or thing to whom or which something is done

Question 23

predicate

Answer 23

describes the action of the subject

Question 24

Diction

Answer 24

the style of writing determined by word choice

Question 25

fragment

Answer 25

an incomplete sentence

Question 26

imperative sentence

Answer 26

a complete sentence that conveys a command, instruction, or request and has the implied or understood subject “you”

Question 27

tense

Answer 27

refers to when an action occurs (past, present, future)

Question 28

progressive

Answer 28

a verb tense indicating that the action described is currently happening

Question 29

perfective

Answer 29

a verb tense indicating that the action is done

Question 30

mood

Answer 30

how the elements in a text, such as a word choice, make the reader feel

Question 31

tone

Answer 31

an author’s implied or explicit attitude toward a topic

Question 32

formal

Answer 32

a style that follows conventional rules

Question 33

synonyms

Answer 33

words with identical or similar meanings

Question 34

subject-verb agreement

Answer 34

matching like numbers of subjects and verbs, singular with singular, plural with plural

Question 35

pronoun-antecedent agreement

Answer 35

matching like numbers of pronouns and their antecedents, singular with singular, plural with plural

Question 36

Colloquialism

Answer 36

an informal word or phrase

Question 37

Register

Answer 37

degree of formality in a text

Question 38

Jargon

Answer 38

words used in a specific profession or discipline

Question 39

Affix

Answer 39

letters placed at the beginning or end of a word or word part to modify its meaning

Question 40

Root

Answer 40

a word part to which an affix can be attached

Question 41

Prefix

Answer 41

an affix that appears at the beginning of a word

Question 42

Suffix

Answer 42

an affix that appears at the end of a word

Question 43

Inflectional suffix

Answer 43

a suffix that does not change the essential meaning of a work when added to it

Question 44

Derivational suffix

Answer 44

a suffix that forms a new word with a new meaning when added

Question 45

antonym

Answer 45

a word opposite in meaning to another