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January 3

Word: Passage

Definition: A portion of a story

January 4

Word: Context clues

Definition: Information from the reading that identifies a

word or a group of words

January 5

Word: Supporting details

Definition: Details or facts that support the most

important idea.

January 6

Word: text

Definition: Main body of printed or written matter on a

page

January 7

Word: antonym

Definition: A word that is opposite of another word

hot - cold

January 10

Word: synonym

Definition: One of 2 or more words that have a similar

meaning big – large skinny- thin

January 11

Word: prefix

Definition: A group of letters placed before a word to alter

its meaning. reread undo

January 12

Word: suffix

Definition: A group of letters placed after a word to modify

its meaning or change it into a different word group.

actor likeness

January 13

Word: Root word

Definition: A root word is one to which prefixes and

suffixes can be added to form different words. dislike teacher

January 14

Word: inference

Definition: A judgment based reasoning rather than on

direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances; understandings gained by “reading between the lines.”

January 18

Word: generalize

Definition: A conclusion, drawn from specific that is used

to make a broad statement about a topic or person.

January 19

Word: Draw conclusions

Definition: Making sense of information that is implied or

inferred.

January 20

Word: Conflict resolution

Definition: The way in which the author attempts to solve

a problem created in the story.

January 21

Word: Main idea

Definition: The main idea is the author’s central though;

the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase; the topic sentence of a paragraph.

January 24

Word: genre

Definition: A category used to classify literary works,

usually by form, technique or content. http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb

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January 25

Word: Point of view

Definition: The way in which an author reveals

characters, events and ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which the story is told.

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/pointofviewl.cfm

January 26

Word: personification

Definition: An object or abstract idea given human

qualities or human form. The window winked at me.

January 27

Word: simile

Definition: A comparison of 2 unlike things in which a

word of comparison (like or as) is used. Busy as a bee Sly like a fox

January 28

Word: Figurative language

Definition: Language that cannot be taken literally since it

was written to create a special effect or feeling.

January 31

Word: alliteration

Definition: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in

neighboring words The sneaky snake slithered slowly.