The One With More Vocabulary (state test)

to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update; checking for misunderstandings, adding and deleting details

• clarify

• transition

• revise

• plagiarize

students put the parts they've learned together into a whole to create a new meaning or structure

• synthesize

• summarize

• paraphrase

• edit

To prepare (written material) for publication or presentation, by correcting errors in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.

• clarify

• research

• edit

• proofread

a group of words that contain a subject and verb and contain a complete thought

• compound clause

• dependent clause

• parallel structure

• independent clause

a group of words that contain a subject and verb but do not make sense on their own

• independent clause

• compound clause

• dependent clause

• fragment

a method for analyzing and writing about a topic by identifying a drawback an proposing one or more answers

• cause and effect

• sequential

• problem and solution

• description

the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

• evidence

• summary

• argument

• counterclaim

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• argument

• bias

• debate

• jargon

a summary or abstract of a text or speech

• prècis

• paraphrase

• afterthought

• argument

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• antagonist

• protagonist

• archetype

• round character