SilverteamNWEAvocabularyset1
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- purpose
- what something is used for
- Compound Word
- A compound word is made when two words are joined to form a new word.
- Tall Tale
- highly exaggerated story with humor
- Foreshadowing
- the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
- Prefix
- an affix that added in front of the word
- Satire
- A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attemmpt to bring about a change.
- Rising action
- Action that leads to turning point
- Persuade
- cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action
- Fairy Tale
- an interesting but highly implausible story
- Rhythm
- Pattern of sound and silence in music.
- syllogism
- logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
- solution
- the successful action of solving a problem
- Multisyllabic
- Multi-syllabic words in English consisting of one or more syllable with a lax vowel and ending with a syllable containing a tense vowel are highly predictable.
- Poet
- a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
- stanza
- A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
- Homonym
- two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
- Synonym
- two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
- Main Idea
- what a piece of writing is mainly about
- Point of view
- "eyes" through which the story is told
- Bibliography
- a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)
- Atlas
- a bound collection of maps
- Anecdote
- short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
- Problem
- a source of difficulty
- Setting
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- Autobiography
- a biography of yourself
- Root word
- the base component of a term which gives it a meaning that may be modified by other components
- science fiction
- a genre, elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science-fiction stories are set in the future
- Suffix
- an affix that is added at the end of the word
- Bias
- An inclination of temperament or outlook, especially a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment.
- Plot
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- Antonym
- two words that express opposing concepts
- Anthology
- A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
- Syllable
- a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
- Memoir
- an account of the author's personal experiences
- venn diagram
- a diagram that uses circles to represent set theory
- Caption
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- Aphorism
- A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
- Fable
- A legendary story of supernatural happenings, a narration intended to enforce a useful truth; especially : one in which animals speak and act like human beings
- Biography
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- annotated bibliography
- An annotated bibliography gives an account of the research that has been done on a given topic. Like any bibliography, an annotated bibliography is an alphabetical list of research sourc
- Excerpt
- a passage selected from a larger work
- Contraction
- a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
- Legend
- a story coming down from the past
- Context
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- Acronym
- Technique for remembering names, phrases, or steps by using the first letter of each word to form a new, memorableword