Week 2 Vocabulary
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tcmanderson on August 12, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 author's purpose | the reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain) |
| adjective | word that describes a noun |
| historical fantasy | fiction based on history |
| imperative sentence | a sentence that requests or commands and ends in a period |
| exclamatory sentence | a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark |
| hundredth | the digit two places to the right of the decimal, represents one of a hundred equal parts of a whole |
| compass rose | symbol on a map that shows the four directions; North, South, West and East |
| landform | a natural feature that makes up Earth's surface such as a basin, peninsula, cape |
| adaptation | to change based upon the environment |
| appendage | the arms, legs of an animal |
| behavior | the way an animal acts depending on it's environment |
| scientific drawing | a drawing of an animal with the parts labeled |
| organized list | putting information into categories |
| tenth | the digit to the right of the decimal, represents one of ten equal parts of a whole |
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