Unit 2: Week 3 Vocabulary

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  1. expert
    a person with special knowledge who performs skillfully
  2. focus
    direct one's attention on something
  3. visible
    capable of being seen or open to easy view
  4. relate
    give an account of
  5. detect
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  6. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
    His fingers gingerly touched a group of needles that had been driven through his pants and into the fleshy part of his calf.
  7. ignite
    cause to start burning
    Clearly there had to be something for the sparks to ignite, some kind of tinder or kindling—but what?
  8. sputter
    spit up in an explosive manner
    He had no trouble getting sparks, but the tiny bits of hot stone or metal—he couldn’t tell which they were—just sputtered and died.
  9. painstaking
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
    It was painstaking work, slow work, and he stayed with it for over two hours.
  10. gratify
    make happy or satisfied
    Working as fast as he could he carefully placed the dried grass and wood pieces he had tried at first on top of the bark and was gratified to see them take.
  11. realistic
    representing what is; not abstract or ideal
    Realistic fiction includes events and characters that seem real—but are not.
  12. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
    Realistic fiction includes events and characters that seem real—but are not. Look for
    •A purpose of entertaining with a believable story
    •Characters and events that are imaginary but believable
    •The plot, or what happens in the story and could also happen in real life
    •The setting, or the time and place of the story
    •The theme, or the author’s message
  13. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
    Realistic fiction includes events and characters that seem real—but are not. Look for
    •A purpose of entertaining with a believable story
    •Characters and events that are imaginary but believable
    •The plot, or what happens in the story and could also happen in real life
    •The setting, or the time and place of the story
    •The theme, or the author’s message
  14. event
    something that happens at a given place and time
    Realistic fiction includes events and characters that seem real—but are not. Look for
    •A purpose of entertaining with a believable story
    •Characters and events that are imaginary but believable
    •The plot, or what happens in the story and could also happen in real life
    •The setting, or the time and place of the story
    •The theme, or the author’s message
  15. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
    Realistic fiction includes events and characters that seem real—but are not. Look for
    •A purpose of entertaining with a believable story
    •Characters and events that are imaginary but believable
    •The plot, or what happens in the story and could also happen in real life
    •The setting, or the time and place of the story
    •The theme, or the author’s message
  16. setting
    facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
    Realistic fiction includes events and characters that seem real—but are not. Look for
    •A purpose of entertaining with a believable story
    •Characters and events that are imaginary but believable
    •The plot, or what happens in the story and could also happen in real life
    •The setting, or the time and place of the story
    •The theme, or the author’s message
  17. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
    Realistic fiction includes events and characters that seem real—but are not. Look for
    •A purpose of entertaining with a believable story
    •Characters and events that are imaginary but believable
    •The plot, or what happens in the story and could also happen in real life
    •The setting, or the time and place of the story
    •The theme, or the author’s message
  18. irregular
    contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
    An irregular verb does not add -ed to form the past tense. Most irregular verbs have different spellings for the past and the past participle.
  19. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
    Point of view is the perspective from which an author presents the actions and characters of a story.
  20. generate
    bring into existence
    Before, during, and after reading, readers generate, or come up with, questions about the text to deepen understanding.
  21. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
    Context clues, or surrounding words and phrases, can be used to determine the meaning of words.
  22. introduction
    the first section of a communication
    An introduction to an informational article creates a structure for the text.
Created on Wed Oct 14 09:14:58 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jun 21 16:27:45 EDT 2021)

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