200-210 Weeks 1-4

Match the following

• argument

• A short story about an interesting or

  funny event in your life that you share

  with others. (Example: I remember

  one time that happened to me...)

• anecdote

• A statement where someone uses

  evidence to fight against another

  opinion. (Example: Those who want

  school uniforms vs. those who do not

  want school uniforms)

• alliteration

• The use of words that begin with the

  same sound near one another

  (Examples: Wild and Woolly,

  Babbling Brook).

• acronym

• A published collection of writings

  (such as poems or short stories) by

  different authors. (The girl enjoyed

  reading poems all about swimming)

• anthology

• A combination of letters that

  represent a longer phrase.

  (Examples: FBI-Federal Bureau of

  Investigation, USA-United States of

  America).

Match the following

• assumption

• When someone reads a book and

  explains if they like the book or not

  based on the story, the style the book

  was written, and the ending.

  (Example: I wrote a ... to explain what

  I liked and did not like about the

  story)

• bibliography

• Something that is believed to be true

  or probably true based on partial

  facts. (Example: “I saw you wink at

  the boy, you must like him.” “I don't

  like him, that's my brother.”)

• brochure

• A nonfiction book written about a

  person by that person. (Examples:

  Justin Bieber's "First Steps 2

  Forever: My Story")

• book review

• AA small, thin book or magazine that

  usually has many pictures and

  information about a product, a place,

  etc. (Example: A text showing what

  you can do at Yellowstone National

  Park, Disneyland)

• autobiography

• A list of the books, magazines,

  articles, etc., that have been used for

  a report. This page comes at the end

  of the report. (Example: I need to tell

  where I got my information from I

  better include a ...)

Match the following

• conclude

• The arrangement of things following

  one after another in time. (Examples:

  The timeline of technology, important

  dates in your life)

• context

• When you don't get a word/phrase

  and use the sentences around it as

  clues to understand a word/phrase's

  meaning. (I didn't understand what

  the author meant by the phrase, so I

  had to read the sentences in front of

  it and behind it to figure it out.

• chronological

• A book containing a list of things that

  you can buy, use, etc., and often

  pictures. (Examples: Automobile

  parts, Types of clothing)

• catalog

• Talking between two or more people.

  (Example: A group of friend are

  sitting and talking about their

  weekend plans)

• conversation

• To put information together and

  create a new idea. (Example: To

  finish, these are the reasons why I

  feel pizza should be served every day

  at lunch.)

Match the following

• editorial

• To think of or describe something as

  larger, or greater than it really is.

  (Example: I have a mountain of

  homework to do tonight.)

• dialogue

• A book in which you write down your

  personal experiences and thoughts

  each day. (Example: Today was the

  craziest day ever because...)

• evaluate

• The things that are said by the

  characters in a story, movie, play, etc.

  (Example: "What are you talking

  about," he asked.)

• diary

• To put information together To judge the value or condition

  someone or something in a careful

  and thoughtful way. (Example: I don't

  think this source is very good

  because there are a lot of

  exaggerations.)

• exaggerate

• An opinion writing in a newspaper or

  magazine that gives the opinions of

  its editors or publishers. (Example: I

  feel that the taxes raised for the street

  on 23rd avenue has gone to waste...)