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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

been read to them.

• decrease

• antonym

• retell

• summary

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

entirely in your own words.

• summary

• main idea

• decrease

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• summary

• increase

• opinion

• decrease

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

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

• opinion

• fact

• decrease

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

• fact

• opinion

• main idea

• decrease

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a word opposite in meaning to another

• antonym

• synonym

• main idea

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

arrange in a particular order.

• analogy

• synonym

• sequence

• increase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• synonym

• analogy

• main idea

• sequence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D