1. Vocabulary Practice HSA 10 th grade

2.  Analysis  Clarify  Context Clues  Elaboration  Evaluation  Inference  Modifier  Antecedent  Appositive  Synthesis

3.  To make clear

4.  Making a judgment

5.  The process of developing ideas by providing specific supporting details that are relevant

6.  A type of writing in which the author takes individual pieces of information and combines them with other pieces of information to gain a better understanding of a subject

7.  Adjectives and adverbs

8.  A logical assumption that is based on observed facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.

9.  The word or word group to which the pronoun refers.

10.  To break apart a work in order to look at the parts for better understanding.

11.  The words and phrases surrounding a word that provides hints about the word’s meaning.

12. Round Two

13.  Sentence _____________ occurs when you break down the sentence to further understand its parts.

14.  Use the ______________________ within the text in order to gather meaning from words you do not understand.

15.  Do an _____________ of the options for each multiple choice question.

16.  You need to make your own ______________ about the meaning of the text based on the facts.

17.  An example of an ___________________: President Lincoln gave his address to the people gathered in Gettysburg.  His refers to President Lincoln

18.  The _________________ of sentences has occurred when you have combined two or more to gain a better understanding of their meaning.

19.  The teacher asked me to _______________ my previous statement since I had jumbled several ideas together.

20.  My teacher asked for further _______________ since I had not provided enough details from the story.

21.  The adjective is serving as the _____________ in this sentence.

22.  Our school, NEHS, is an example of an _______________.

23.  Connotation  Denotation  Diction  Author’s Purpose  Evidence/Support  Informational  Chronological  Spatial  Climatic/Order of Importance  Subject/Verb Agreement

24. Connotation  An attitude or feeling associated with a word

25. Informational  Writing which provides facts

26. Denotation  The literal or dictionary meaning of a word

27. Chronological  A pattern of organization which follows the events as they occur

28. Diction  A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words which can be broadly classified as formal or informal

29. Spatial  A pattern of organization which describes a scene or a person according to place  Left to right, top to bottom, far to near or near to far or from a central location to those things surrounding it

30. Author’s Purpose  A writer usually writes for one or more of these purposes—to express thoughts or feelings, to inform or explain, to persuade, to entertain

31. Climatic/Order of Importance  A pattern of organization I which the writer uses the least important idea to the most important idea

32. Evidence/Support  The specific pieces of information that supports a claim  Can take the form of facts, quotations, examples, statistics, or personal experience, among others.

33. Subject/Verb Agreement  If the subject is singular the verb must be singular; if the subject is plural, the verb must be plural

34. Vocabulary Round Two

35. Diction  Hagrid uses informal _____________ to express himself in conversations.

36. Informational  If you are looking for facts, read an ________________ essay that can be found on a school approved database.

37. Author’s Purpose  J.K. Rowling is quoted as saying, “I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself.”  Her ______________ is to express thoughts and feelings.

38. Order of Importance  Our Government  The President  The Legislative Branch  The Supreme Court  Senators  Representatives  County/City Councils  Citizens  How is this organized?

39. Denotation  Literal meaning of Home: a place of residence

40. Connotation  Feelings associated with a home: cozy, family, warmth, protection

41. Evidence/Support  If I want to claim that UFO’s exist, what do I need to convince you?

42. Spatial  Patrick sits in the front my desk, Chad sits to the right of Patrick, and behind Chad is Kaitlyn, Casey, and Brittney.  What type of organization is being used to describe the class?

43. Chronologically  First I was born  Then I learned to walk and talk  Then I went to school for 18 years (including pre-school, kindergarten, and college)  Now I’m working at NEHS  How are these events organized ?

44. Subject/Verb Agreement  She and her friends are meeting up after school today.  The book is sitting on the table.

45.  Denotation  Diction  Synthesis  Antecedent  Inference  Narrator/Speaker  Plot Structure  Complication  Syntax  Tone

46. Plot Structure  The sequence of events which focus on the conflict of the main character

47. Antecedent  The word or word group to which the pronoun refers

48. Narrator/Speaker  Character or voice that relates the story’s events to the reader

49. Inference  A logical assumption that is based in facts

50. Tone  Attitude a writer takes towards a subject

51. Synthesis  Writing where an author combines information to gain understanding

52. Complication  Problem introduced into the rising action to make the story more difficult

53. Diction  Writer’s choice of words classified as formal or informal

54. Denotation  Literal or dictionary meaning of a word

55. Syntax  Order of words in a sentence

56. Vocabulary Round Two

57. Denotation  I would find the _________ of a word in the dictionary.

58. Synthesize  Using multiple texts I was able to ________ the meaning of the unusual story.

59. Antecedent  When he, Dracula, the son of the devil, bit her she writhed in pain.  He refers to Dracula, which is the __________ of this sentence.

60. Diction  The president usually uses formal _____ in his speeches.

61. Plot Structure  Boy meets girl  Girl likes Boy  Boy buys flowers  Girl agrees to a date  These events are an example of?

62. Narrator  The storyteller…

63. Complication  Boy meets Girl  Another Boy meets Girl  Girl likes both Boys and doesn’t know what to do  In a plot the third bullet is the ?

64. Syntax  Drained monster me of the power my.  What is wrong with this sentence?

65. Inference  The girl shook at the sight of the dark figure in the window.  If I come to the conclusion the girl is afraid, I have made an ________.

66. Tone  I despise the way seniors saunter slowly through the halls.  I have a negative attitude.