Language Arts Terms
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readingroom on August 17, 2012
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Upper Elementary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abbreviate/abbreviation | . |
| action word | . |
| act/actor | ... |
| adjective | ... |
| adverb | ... |
| advertise/advertisement | ... |
| affix | ... |
| animate/animation | ... |
| antonym | ... |
| apologize/apology | ... |
| apostrophe | ... |
| appendix | ... |
| ask permission | ... |
| audience | ... |
| audiotape | ... |
| auxiliary verb | ... |
| brainstorm | ... |
| capitalize/capitalization | ... |
| card catalog | ... |
| cause and effect relationship | ... |
| central idea | ... |
| chapter title | ... |
| character development | ... |
| chart | ... |
| checklist | ... |
| children's literature | ... |
| chronology | ... |
| cite/citation | ... |
| closing sentence | ... |
| colon | ... |
| comma | ... |
| command | ... |
| commerical | ... |
| common noun | ... |
| comapre/comparison | ... |
| complete sentence | ... |
| complex sentence | ... |
| compound word | ... |
| concluding sentence | ... |
| conclude/conclusion | ... |
| consonant substitution | ... |
| construct meaning | ... |
| content-area vocabulary | ... |
| context clue | ... |
| contraction | ... |
| contrast | ... |
| cue | ... |
| cursive | ... |
| custom | ... |
| declarative sentence | ... |
| decode | ... |
| define/definition | ... |
| detail | ... |
| diary | ... |
| directions | ... |
| direct/director | ... |
| direct quote | ... |
| discussion/discussion leader | ... |
| double negative | ... |
| draft | ... |
| drama | ... |
| edit | ... |
| email | ... |
| encyclopedia | ... |
| end/ending | ... |
| essay | ... |
| example | ... |
| explanation | ... |
| express/expression | ... |
| fable | ... |
| fairy tale | ... |
| facial expression | ... |
| fact | ... |
| fantasy | ... |
| fiction | ... |
| first person | ... |
| form | ... |
| friendly letter | ... |
| genre | ... |
| gesture | ... |
| glossary | ... |
| grammar | ... |
| graphic artist | ... |
| graphic organizer | ... |
| graphics | ... |
| greet/greeting | ... |
| guide word | ... |
| hardware | ... |
| heading | ... |
| headline | ... |
| host/hostess | ... |
| how question | ... |
| humor | ... |
| illustrate/illustration | ... |
| imagery | ... |
| indent/indentation | ... |
| index | ... |
| infer/inference | ... |
| Internet | ... |
| interrogative sentence | ... |
| introduce/introduction | ... |
| investigate/investigation | ... |
| invite/invitation | ... |
| irregular plural noun | ... |
| journal | ... |
| keyword | ... |
| learning log | ... |
| legend | ... |
| letter of request | ... |
| linking verb | ... |
| list | ... |
| listening comprehension | ... |
| literature | ... |
| meaning clue | ... |
| memory aid | ... |
| minor character | ... |
| miscue | ... |
| mood | ... |
| motivate/motivation | ... |
| multimeaning words | ... |
| multiple drafts | ... |
| multiple sources | ... |
| mystery | ... |
| myth | ... |
| negative | ... |
| news | ... |
| newspaper | ... |
| nonfiction | ... |
| note | ... |
| noun | ... |
| novel | ... |
| numerical adjective | ... |
| object | ... |
| opinion | ... |
| oral presentation | ... |
| organize/organization | ... |
| outline | ... |
| pamphlet | ... |
| paragraph | ... |
| passage | ... |
| past tense | ... |
| peer review | ... |
| pen pal | ... |
| period | ... |
| personal letter | ... |
| personal pronoun | ... |
| phone directory | ... |
| phonetic analysis | ... |
| phrase | ... |
| pitch | ... |
| play | ... |
| plot | ... |
| plot development | ... |
| plural | ... |
| point of view | ... |
| pose a question | ... |
| possessive pronoun | ... |
| possessive noun | ... |
| posture | ... |
| preface | ... |
| prefix | ... |
| preposition | ... |
| prepositional phrase | ... |
| present/presentation | ... |
| preview | ... |
| prior knowledge | ... |
| pronoun | ... |
| pronounce | ... |
| proofread | ... |
| prop | ... |
| proper noun | ... |
| punctuation | ... |
| question mark | ... |
| quote/quotation | ... |
| rating | ... |
| r-controlled | ... |
| reading strategy | ... |
| reading vocabulary | ... |
| regular plural noun | ... |
| regular verb | ... |
| request | ... |
| revise | ... |
| rhyming dictionary | ... |
| role-play | ... |
| root word | ... |
| rules of conversation | ... |
| run-on sentence | ... |
| scan | ... |
| science fiction | ... |
| second person | ... |
| semicolon | ... |
| sensory details | ... |
| sentence fragment | ... |
| sentence structure | ... |
| sequential order | ... |
| set/setting | ... |
| short story | ... |
| sign/signature | ... |
| singular | ... |
| singular noun | ... |
| skim | ... |
| software | ... |
| sound effect | ... |
| source | ... |
| special effect | ... |
| source | ... |
| special effect | ... |
| spoken text | ... |
| stay on topic | ... |
| story elements | ... |
| story map | ... |
| story structure | ... |
| subject | ... |
| subject-verb agreement | ... |
| suffix | ... |
| summarize/summary | ... |
| summary sentence | ... |
| supporting detail | ... |
| suspense | ... |
| syllabication | ... |
| syllable | ... |
| symbolism | ... |
| synonym | ... |
| table | ... |
| tall tale | ... |
| target language | ... |
| tense | ... |
| text | ... |
| thank-you letter | ... |
| theme | ... |
| theme music | ... |
| thesaurus | ... |
| third person | ... |
| timeline | ... |
| tone | ... |
| topic sentence | ... |
| typeface | ... |
| usage | ... |
| verb | ... |
| voice | ... |
| voice level | ... |
| volume | ... |
| website | ... |
| what question | ... |
| when question | ... |
| why question | ... |
| where question | ... |
| who question | ... |
| word choice | ... |
| word family | ... |
| word search | ... |
| written directions | ... |
| written exchange | ... |
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