Language Vocabulary
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- Sources Primary
- Text and/or artifacts that tell or show a first-hand account of an event; original works used when researching.
- Antonym:
- A word that is the opposite of another word.
- Secondary Sources
- Text and/or artifacts used when researching that are derived from something original.
- Homophone
- One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning (e.g., hair/hare, scale (fish)/scale (musical)).
- Semantics
- The study of meaning in language.
- Thesis
- The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition.
- Public document
- A document that focuses on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond.
- Phonics
- The relationship between letters and sounds fundamental in beginning reading.
- Genre:
- A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).
- Evaluate:
- Examine and judge carefully.
- Research
- A systematic inquiry into a subject or problem in order to discover, verify or revise relevant facts or principles having to do with that subject or problem.
- Compare:
- Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections.
- Synonym
- One of two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings (e.g., sorrow, grief, sadness).
- Idiomatic language
- An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally (e.g., Let's get on the ball.).
- Syntax
- The pattern or structure of word order in sentences, clauses and phrases.