Vocabulary 9/20

information found directly in the text; used to prove our answers

• text evidence

• text features

• root word

• summary

what the author wants the reader to learn from a text

• main idea

• theme

• text evidence

• illustrations

can also be called central message, moral, lesson

• theme

• main idea

• character traits

• context clues

the simplest form of a word

• root word

• prefix

• suffix

• affix

a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

• suffix

• re-

• pre-

• prefix

a word part added to the end of a word to change its meaning...

• root word

• prefix

• suffix

• less-

a prefix meaning again

• pre-

• re-

• -less

• -ful

a prefix meaning before

• pre-

• re-

• -less

• -ful

a suffix meaning full of...

• pre-

• re-

• -less

• -ful

a suffix meaning without...

• re-

• pre-

• -less

• -ful