1. ELA/READING 7 CRCT VOCABULARY REVIEW

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

3. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. 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

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

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

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

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

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

18. 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.

19. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

32. 37.  a sequence of events in a story

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

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

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

36. 41.  giving human traits to nonhuman things

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

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

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

40. 47.  word that shows action or state of being

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

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