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DEFINITION
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Author’s purpose
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The reason a writer decides to write about a topic- persuade, entertain, or to inform the reader
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Adjective
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a word that describes a noun. They tell what kind, which one, or how many.
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Adverb
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A word that describes a verb. usually answers such questions as “How?” “Where?” “When?” or “To what degree?”. often formed by adding “ly”.
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Base word (root word)
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The main part of a word, without a prefix or suffix.
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Composition
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A short essay; piece of writing
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Conversation
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An informal discussion of opinions and ideas
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Dictionary
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: a book that provides the meaning (definition) of words listed in alphabetical order. Sometimes the dictionary gives the word used in a sentence, the pronunciation, synonym or antonym in addition to the meaning.
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Discussion
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: conversation or debate for the purpose of understanding a question or subject
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Draft
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a first try at writing. Drafts are often revised and edited.
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Edit
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The correcting of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in a draft
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Encyclopedia
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a book or set of books that contains information on many topics, arranged in ABC order.
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Everyday language
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Fiction
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1 : something told or written that is not fact
2 : a made-up story
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Folktale
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: a story made up and handed down by the common people; usually to teach children an important lesson about life
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Glossary
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an alphabetical list of key words and their definitions found in the back of a book. Most textbooks have a glossary.
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Group discussion
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Guest speaker
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A person from outside the classroom who formally talks to class about a topic
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Main character
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(person, animal, make-believe creature, or thing) who the story is mostly about. They are very important to the story.
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Main idea
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What the author wants you to remember most—the most important idea.
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Margin
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The space around the writing on a piece of paper
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Mental image
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A picture you can see in your mind as you read text
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Message
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a communication in writing, in speech, picture, or by signals;
the underlying theme or idea communicated
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Non fiction
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literature or cinema that is not fictional (made up); a true story or true information
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Noun
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a word that names something (as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action)
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Plot
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The sequence of events which involves the characters in conflict; the action of the story.
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Plural
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Means more than one. To make most nouns plural, add –s at the end of the word.
(girl=girls, car=cars)
Nouns that end with sh, ch, x, s, or z add –es to the end of the word. (wish=wishes, box=boxes)
Nouns that end with y –change the y to “i” and add –es
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Predictable Book
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When a reader is able to guesses what information a
passage will contain based on hints or
clues in the story.
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prewriting
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: planning and getting ideas in order before writing; the first step in the writing process
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Pronoun
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: a word that is used as a substitute for a noun (he, she, it, they, him, them)
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purpose
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The reason something is done or the goal of doing something
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Spelling patterns
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Table of contents
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A list at the front of the book the lists the chapters or topics and page numbers
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Textbook
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Books used in schools to learn new things. Most textbooks have a table of contents, a glossary, an index, headings and titles, illustrations, pictures or graphs.
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Theater
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Dramatic performances, drama
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verb
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a word that is usually the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or state of being and that in various languages is inflected (as for agreement with the subject or for tense)
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