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VOCABULARY CONCEPTS L to J

Katie Ryan [email protected] County Public Schools

VOCABULARY TERM # 1VOCABULARY TERM # 1

The condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact

accuracy

VOCABULARY TERM # 2

A form or structure modified to fit a changed environment

adaptation

VOCABULARY TERM # 3

addend

The number being added

VOCABULARY TERM # 4

A word that describes

adjective

VOCABULARY TERM # 5

An action word that also describes a noun

adverb

VOCABULARY TERM # 6

alliteration

Two or more words in a groupor phrase that all start with thesame letter

VOCABULARY TERM # 7

A similarity of two things whichcomparison might be used

analogy

VOCABULARY TERM # 8

To examine critically, so as to bring our essential elements

analyze

VOCABULARY TERM # 9

A character that is opposed to, struggles against that main character

antagonist

VOCABULARY TERM # 10

antonym

A word opposite in meaning to another


The amount of square units needed to cover a figure

area


Resemblance of sounds

assonance


Personal account of one’s life

autobiography


List of sources

bibliography


The producer of an effect

cause


An inhabitant of a city or town

citizen


To make (an idea, statement etc.) clear or intelligible

clarify


A decisive moment or major turning point in a plot

climax


A person, place, or thing

noun


A number that is a multiple of numbers other than one and itself

composite number


One word made of two separate words

compound word


Figures that have the same size and shape

congruent


May be used to join words in a sentence and/or used to join sentences

conjunction


Words whose endings sound alike (used mainly in poetry)

consonance


Information found through reading that assists with understanding

context clue


Ongoing, repetitive

continuous


Working together in a meaningful way

cooperation


A way of life

culture


Collected information

data


Having one’s mind to do something and/or achieve a specific goal

determination


Conversation between two or more characters in a novel, drama, etc.

dialogue


A number that is to be divided

dividend


The number that does the dividing

divisor


Something that is produced by a cause; could be called the “result”

effect


Indentifying with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another

empathy


To make a judgment based on your opinion

evaluate


Something that can be proven

fact


Numbers that when multiplied together produce a given product

factor


Not real life

fantasy


Literature that is not based on fact; imaginative

fiction


Something that is usually true (i.e. boys like sports more than girls)

generalization


A word that is spelled the same but has different meanings

homograph


Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spelling

homophone


Something that is funny

humor


An extravagant statement/figure of speech not intended to be taken literally

hyperbole


An assumption or guess in the light of established facts or occurrences

hypothesis


Pictures that you see in your mind while reading

imagery


Information you get based on what you’ve read or what you already know

inference


Counting on and needing other people

interdependence


Type of “slang” common to a trade or profession

jargon


The sum of a group of #’s divided by the amount of #’s in the group

mean


The middle # in a group of #’s arranged in numerical order

median


Compares two things not using the words “like” or “as”

metaphor


The number(s) that occur most often in a set of numbers

mode


An extended speech by one person, used often in plays

monologue


The feeling the writing creates

mood


The product of a number and any whole numbers

multiple


Literature that is based on fact, reality, history, etc.

nonfiction


Replace nouns (i.e. me, you, him, her, it, us, and them)

object pronoun


To see, watch, perceive, or notice, paying close attention to

observe


Words that say their sound

onomatopoeia


One’s feelings or attitude towards something

opinion


Contradictory terms placed together

oxymoron


The act or process of restating or rewording

paraphrase


The distance around a closed figure

perimeter


Lines that meet or cross each other to form right angles

perpendicular


Not giving up even if something is difficult

perseverance


The state of one’s idea, the facts known to one, etc.

perspective


Unauthorized use or close imitation of the language/thoughts of an author

plagiarism


Accuracy or exactness

precision


Part of the sentence that tells you what the subject is or does

predicate


A guess as to what is going to happen

prediction


A word part put in front of a word, that changes its meaning

prefix


A word that relates the noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence

preposition


A number whose multiple is only one and itself

prime number


The answer to a multiplication problem

product


A persuasive technique

propaganda


A specific person, place, or thing

proper noun


Literacy writing not marked by rhyme or meter

prose


Main character

protagonist


The reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.

purpose


The answer to a division problem

quotient


The result of subtracting the smallest # from the largest # in a data set

range


Showing something in a realistic way

realism


A mirror image of an object

reflection


Your job to complete or do something

responsibility


When two or more sound alike or have the same ending

rhyme


Repetitive pattern

rhythm


Turning an object or shape

rotation


Judgment based only on one aspect of a person’s character

stereotype


The part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about

subject


Takes the place of a noun or nouns in the subject of a sentence (i.e. he or she)

subject pronoun


A word part put at the end of a word that changes its meaning/tense

suffix


The result of adding two or more numbers

sum


Two words that have the same meaning

synonym


Related to “mood,” it’s the feeling in the writing

tone


In math, this is the movement of shapes or objects

transformation


When an object or shape is moved (i.e. left to right, up and down)

translation


A word that shows action

verb


The amount of space a 3D figure takes up

volume

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