Week 27 ELA SBAC Vocabulary and Skills Review

careful investigation to discover new knowledge

• evidence

• research

• investiture

• confidence

a word which means the same or is similar to another word

• synagogue

• synonym

• cinnamon

• antonym

the feelings and associations that a word gives the reader

• conservation

• condensation

• connotation

• conversation

tone

• when and where a story takes place

• the literal meaning of a word (dictionary definition)

  
  

• how a piece of writing makes a reader feel towards a subject

• to form a mental image of (see a movie in your mind)

• a word or phrase that does not have its normal or literal meaning

dialogue

•  the feelings and associations that a word gives the reader

  
  

• a word or phrase that does not have its normal or literal meaning

  
  

• takes place in a story when two (or more) characters speak to each other.

• figurative language that compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”

  
  

 figurative language that uses obvious exaggeration to show emphasis

• hyperbole

• hyperboyle

• hyperboley

• hyperbully

• hyperbowl

the problem in a story; when a character wants something, but an opposing force gets in the way

• conflict

• context

• situation

• good works

• main idea

opinion

• figurative language that compares two, unlike things by describing one thing as another

• a view, belief, or personal judgment that may not be based in fact

• figurative language that uses obvious exaggeration to show emphasis.

• style or type of book, movie, music, or other media (the category a book belongs to)

• a piece of proof that shows something is true

Match the following

• to explain the meaning of

• analyze

• to give a short statement of the key poi

• interpret

• to examine in detail

• inference   

• to assess or judge

• evaluate

• a conclusion that is made based on known

• summarize

Match the following

• the sequence of events in a story in whi

• plot

• events leading up to the climax

• exposition

• the turning point of the story

• setting

• the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced

• rising action

• the time and place in which the story takes place

• climax