Fourth Grade ELA Vocabulary

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  1. synthesize
    combine and form a complex whole
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  2. verifiable
    capable of being proven
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  3. thesaurus
    a book containing a classified list of synonyms
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  4. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
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  5. coherence
    the state of sticking together
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  6. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
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  7. elaboration
    developing in intricate and painstaking detail
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  8. superlative
    highest in quality
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  9. figurative
    not literal
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  10. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
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  11. chronological
    relating to or arranged according to the order of time
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  12. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
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  13. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
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  14. narrator
    someone who tells a story
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  15. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
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  16. similarity
    the quality of being alike
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  17. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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  18. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
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  19. quotation
    a passage or expression that is cited
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  20. conjunction
    the state of being joined together
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  21. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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  22. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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  23. comparative
    involving the examination of similarities and differences
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  24. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
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  25. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
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  26. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
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  27. tale
    a story that tells the particulars of an occurrence or event
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Created on Fri Oct 21 11:24:57 EDT 2011 (updated Fri Oct 21 11:25:39 EDT 2011)

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