Vocabulary Functional Words APRIL

a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the

same language

• synonym

• decrease

• increase

• antonym

involves students orally reconstructing a story that they have read or has

been read to them.

• decrease

• antonym

• retell

• summary

a short overview of the main points of an article or other source, written

entirely in your own words.

• summary

• main idea

• decrease

• opinion

become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

• summary

• increase

• opinion

• decrease

make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

• opinion

• fact

• decrease

• main idea

what the author wants the reader to know or

understand about the topic, also stated as the most important idea.

• opinion

• main idea

• decrease

• synonym

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• fact

• opinion

• main idea

• decrease

a word opposite in meaning to another

• antonym

• synonym

• main idea

• analogy

arrange in a particular order.

• analogy

• synonym

• sequence

• increase

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• synonym

• analogy

• main idea

• sequence