ELA/READING 7 CRCT VOCABULARY REVIEW

1.  Two or more independent clauses joined by a semicolon or coordinating conjunction  Ex. Louis will eat pizza, but Jan will have donuts.

1.  Two or more independent clauses joined by a semicolon or coordinating conjunction  Ex. Louis will eat pizza, but Jan will have donuts. compound sentence

2.  The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words  Ex. Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

2.  The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words  Ex. Sally sells seashells by the seashore. Alliteration

3.  a word that describes a noun or pronoun  Ex. Bill has a yellow car.

3.  a word that describes a noun or pronoun  Ex. Bill has a yellow car. adjective

4.  a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or adverb  Ex. Shawn is very athletic.

4.  a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or adverb  Ex. Shawn is very athletic. adverb

5.  words under a graphic that tell what the graphic is about. caption

6.  a group of words…. contains a subject and predicate (but does not express a complete thought) …functions as an adjective in a sentence  Ex. Shawn’s brother, who runs and swims, is very athletic.

6.  a group of words…. contains a subject and predicate (but does not express a complete thought)  Ex. Shawn’s brother, who runs and swims, is very athletic. dependent clause

7.  the author’s attitude toward a subject

7.  the author’s attitude toward a subject tone

13.  an organizational structure used for writing …recalls events in time order

14.  an organizational structure used for writing…presents the similarities and differences on a subject

15.  an organizational structure used for writing…shows why things happened and the results of what happened

16.  a sentence structure that contains a dependent clause and an independent clause  Ex. While Ana was at home, her sister went to the doctor.

17.  a sentence structure that contains a dependent clause and at least two independent clauses  Ex. Although I like to eat healthy foods, I sometimes will have a burger, and I also like to eat pizza.

18.  an expression that means something different than the actual words it uses  Ex. raining cats and dog

19.  a clause that contains a subject and a verb and can stand alone  Ex. Barbara lives on Juniper Street.

20.  an alphabetical list of names or topics and the page numbers where these subjects can be found in a written text

22.  an exaggeration for effect  There were a million students in the cafeteria line for lunch.

23.  a story with a moral….sometimes feature animals that talk  Ex. “The Tortoise and the Hare”… “The Fox and the Grapes”

24.  the main problem in a story the characters must solve

26.  a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate but that cannot stand alone  Ex. Shawn’s brother, who runs and swims, is very athletic.

28.  the sentence in a paragraph that sums up the paragraph’s main idea

29.  a comparison that does not use either like or as  Ex. The students were a rainbow of bright, shining faces

32.  certain feelings created in a reader caused by author’s word choice, setting, and character’s actions, thoughts, and dialogue

34.  two or more sentences written together without proper punctuation  Gia is a dancer she is also a singer.

35.  the use of words to stand for sounds  Ex. boom, pow, buzz

37.  a sequence of events in a story

38.  an incomplete sentence that lacks either a subject, or a verb, or both

39.  the time and place of action in a story

40.  repeating words or phrases to make a point, or in a poem, a when a word/words occur over and over

41.  giving human traits to nonhuman things

42.  a lesson in a story as in a fable

43.  a comparison that uses either like or as  Ex. crazy like a fox

45.  type of sentence that consists of only one independent clause.  Ex. Juno is a boy.

47.  word that shows action or state of being

49.  a word that helps ideas flow from one sentence to the next or from one paragraph to the next

50.  a broad or general idea or message an author wants to tell readers