CAASPP ELA Vocabulary List 1

Front

Term for a scene in a film, play, or book that returns to events in the past.

Back

Flashback

Front

Term for the solving of a problem

Back

Resolution

Front

Affix

Back

A group of letters added to the beginning or the end of a word to form a new word

Front

Focus

Back

The center of attention or the main point

Front

Revise

Back

To alter or correct something

Front

Analyze

Back

Break something down into parts or investigate it carefully

Front

What is a 'root word'?

Back

A word from which other words can be made by adding a suffix or a prefix

Front

Antonym

Back

A word that means the opposite of another word

Front

What does 'grammar usage' refer to?

Back

The rules of a language relating to the ways you can combine words to form sentences

Front

What is 'sensory language'?

Back

Language that is used to describe the five primary senses