Quizlet Language Vocabulary

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  1. Antonym:: A word that is the opposite of another word.
  2. Compare:: Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections.
  3. Evaluate:: Examine and judge carefully.
  4. Genre:: A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).
  5. Homophone: One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning (e.g., hair/hare, scale (fish)/scale (musical)).
  6. Idiomatic language: An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally (e.g., Let’s get on the ball.).
  7. Phonics: The relationship between letters and sounds fundamental in beginning reading.
  8. Public document: A document that focuses on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond.
  9. Research: A systematic inquiry into a subject or problem in order to discover, verify or revise relevant facts or principles having to do with that subject or problem.
  10. Secondary Sources: Text and/or artifacts used when researching that are derived from something original.
  11. Semantics: The study of meaning in language.
  12. Sources Primary: Text and/or artifacts that tell or show a first-hand account of an event; original works used when researching.
  13. Synonym: One of two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings (e.g., sorrow, grief, sadness).
  14. Syntax: The pattern or structure of word order in sentences, clauses and phrases.
  15. Thesis: The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition.