Reading Vocabulary Flashcards
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Adjective
A word that describes a noun. (Example: funny, nice)
Affix
The prefix or suffix of a word
Antonym
A word that means the opposite of another word
Appropriate Information
Information that supports an idea
Magazine and newspaper articles
Article
Audience
the listener, viewer, or reader of a text
Author
Author’s Message
Author’s point of view
Blog
Capitalization
Central Idea
Character
A person in a story
Character’s Actions
Character’s Relationships
the relationships that characters in a story form with other characters.
Diagram
a drawing that explains something
Clear Language
Comma
Compare
Similiarities between things
Contrast
Differences between things
Conclude
To bring to an end
Conclusions
Concluding Statement
Drawing Conclusions
Conflict
Transitions in writing
words that connect ideas in a story or essay that help if flow
Convince
Persuade
Definition
The meaning of a word
Description
Details
Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea
Elaboration
Addition of details
Evidence
Proof
Dialogue
Conversation between characters
Dictionary
A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
Draft
Edit
Errors
Event
An action that causes something to happen.
Example
Explain
Tell how
Flashback
Focus
First Paragraph
Global Notes
Grammar Usage
Heading
Imaginary
Infer
Inferences
Inform
Infomrational
Introduction
Key Details
Key events
Main Idea
Main Problem
Narrative (story)
Mental Picture
Narrator
Notes
Opening (beginning)
Opinions
Paragraph
Passage
Phrase
Plot
Point of View
Pre-write
Presentation
Puncutuation
Author’s Purpose
Purpose for writing (informative, opinion, narrative)
Quotation Marks
Reasons
Relationship
Report