Vocabulary Quiz #8 May 18th

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• proofreading for correctness (grammar, spelling)

• to improve and clarify writing (adding, deleting, reorganizing)

• a reference to a source; telling where you got your information

• to express the meaning of something using different words; restating in your own words

• a statement that can be verified as true

central idea

• correct in all details

• the facts or information that are used to prove a point

• who you are writing for

• a main point that the author is making, also called a main idea or key idea

• untold; secret

genre

• the beginning of an essay where the topic is introduced

• a category or type of literature based on its style, format and content (mystery, adventure)

• a scene in a novel set in a time earlier than the main story

• the feelings the text elicits in the reader (happiness, sorrow)

• distrustfully, doubtfully

point of view

• a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities

• who you are writing for

• sincere; heartfelt

• the perspective from which the story is told

• capable of being believed

identify

• limited; fixed

• to add more details to your ideas

• to indicate who or what something is

• a type of fiction or nonfiction that tells a story or series of events

• to change in some way; to alter

credible

• capable of being believed

• cautious, secretive, guarded

• behavior or manner

• an intention or purpose

• writing to explain something

phrase

• a deeper meaning beyond the exact meaning of the word (similes, metaphors)

• a group of words that doesn't contain a subject doing a verb

• written or spoken language that is not poetry

• the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words

• a general idea

contradict

• final section or closure

• to recognize the importance or quality of something

• to state or set forth the meaning of

• to go against another's view or idea

• to bring two or more things together

daunting

• accustom, adapt

• so called, unproven

• favorable, positive

• intimidating, scary

• to indicate or suggest

conflict

• a word opposite in meaning to another

• the problem or struggle between opposing forces

• final section, closure

• capable of clear, sound reasoning

• an educated guess based on the information provided