Unit 3: Week 2 Vocabulary

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  1. demonstrate
    give an exhibition of to an interested audience
  2. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  3. recall
    bring to mind
  4. appeal
    attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
  5. confide
    confer a trust upon
  6. tolerate
    withstand a poison or strong drug or pathogen or condition
    “Mother,” Mr. McCandless said, “don’t say things like that. We thought, maybe, with the new medicine, Calvin could tolerate—”
  7. loam
    a rich soil consisting of sand, clay and organic materials
    It was great dirt, too—loose and loamy—and he liked to pick up a shovelful and run it through his fingers.
  8. wriggle
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
    His fingers were inky, from keeping score in the ball game, and he left a black mark on the worm, which wriggled back into the hole.
  9. quarter
    a district of a city having some distinguishing character
    “Pretty close quarters for a worm,” his father said. “It’s used to a little more territory.”
  10. tingle
    cause a stinging or prickling sensation
    All Calvin’s sensory receptors shivered and tingled, “Yes,” he said, his voice a little shaky.
  11. realistic
    representing what is; not abstract or ideal
    Realistic fiction tells believable stories to entertain readers.
  12. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
    The plot, or main events of the story, has five main parts.
  13. introduction
    the first section of a communication
    The introduction presents the characters, setting, and conflict, or problem.
  14. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
    The rising action develops the conflict through a series of events.
  15. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
    The main conflict reaches its peak at the climax, or turning point, in the story.
  16. falling action
    series of plot events following the climax of a narrative
    Events after the climax are the falling action.
  17. resolution
    finding an answer to a problem
    The resolution provides a solution to the conflict or concludes the story.
  18. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
    The purpose, or reason, for reading realistic fiction is often for enjoyment.
  19. pronoun
    a function word that is used in place of a noun
    Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns or groups of nouns.
  20. antecedent
    the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
    Antecedents are the nouns to which the pronouns refer.
  21. summarize
    briefly present the main points of something
    Summarizing means retelling the most important events of a story in the order they happened.
  22. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
    Words that have the same or similar meanings are synonyms.
  23. antonym
    a word that expresses an opposite meaning
    Words that have opposite meanings are antonyms.
  24. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
    Hyperbole, or exaggeration, is something overstated and made greater than it actually is.
  25. pun
    a humorous play on words
    Another humor device is a pun. A pun is a play on the different meanings of a word or on two words with similar sounds but different meanings.
  26. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
    A suffix is a word part added to the end of a word or word part.
  27. fact
    a statement of information about something that is the case
    Writers use facts and details to convince readers to agree with an opinion. Facts are pieces of information that can be proved to be true.
  28. detail
    a single fact considered separately from the whole
    Details are bits of information, including facts, that help explain or support a writer’s ideas.
  29. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
    Context clues are words or phrases that surround an unfamiliar word and help you to understand its meaning.
Created on Wed Oct 14 09:25:30 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Mar 04 14:07:26 EST 2021)

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