Vocabulary Practice

1. Vocabulary Practice HSA 10th grade

2. Language of the Test Analysis Clarify Context Clues Elaboration Evaluation Inference Modifier Antecedent Appositive Synthesis

3. Clarify To make clear

4. Evaluation Making a judgment

5. Elaboration The process of developing ideas by providing specific supporting details that are relevant

6. Synthesis A type of writing in which the author takes individual pieces of information and combines them with other pieces of information to gain a better understanding of a subject

7. Modifier Adjectives and adverbs

8. Inference A logical assumption that is based on observed facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.

9. Antecedent The word or word group to which the pronoun refers.

10. Analysis To break apart a work in order to look at the parts for better understanding.

11. Context Clues The words and phrases surrounding a word that provides hints about the word’s meaning.

12. Vocabulary practice Round Two

13. Analysis Sentence _____________ occurs when you break down the sentence to further understand its parts.

14. Context Clues Use the ______________________ within the text in order to gather meaning from words you do not understand.

15. Evaluation Do an _____________ of the options for each multiple choice question.

16. Inference You need to make your own ______________ about the meaning of the text based on the facts.

17. Antecedent An example of an ___________________: President Lincoln gave his address to the people gathered in Gettysburg. His refers to President Lincoln

18. Synthesis The _________________ of sentences has occurred when you have combined two or more to gain a better understanding of their meaning.

19. Clarify The teacher asked me to _______________ my previous statement since I had jumbled several ideas together.

20. Elaboration My teacher asked for further _______________ since I had not provided enough details from the story.

21. Modifier The adjective is serving as the _____________ in this sentence.

22. Appositive Our school, NEHS, is an example of an _______________.

23. Language of the Test Connotation Denotation Diction Author’s Purpose Evidence/Support Informational Chronological Spatial Climatic/Order of Importance Subject/Verb Agreement

24. Connotation An attitude or feeling associated with a word

25. Informational Writing which provides facts

26. Denotation The literal or dictionary meaning of a word

27. Chronological • A pattern of organization which follows the events as they occur

28. Diction A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words which can be broadly classified as formal or informal

29. Spatial • A pattern of organization which describes a scene or a person according to place • Left to right, top to bottom, far to near or near to far or from a central location to those things surrounding it

30. Author’s Purpose A writer usually writes for one or more of these purposes—to express thoughts or feelings, to inform or explain, to persuade, to entertain

31. Climatic/Order of Importance A pattern of organization I which the writer uses the least important idea to the most important idea

32. Evidence/Support • The specific pieces of information that supports a claim • Can take the form of facts, quotations, examples, statistics, or personal experience, among others.

33. Subject/Verb Agreement If the subject is singular the verb must be singular; if the subject is plural, the verb must be plural

34. Vocabulary Round Two

35. Diction Hagrid uses informal _____________ to express himself in conversations.

36. Informational If you are looking for facts, read an ________________ essay that can be found on a school approved database.

37. Author’s Purpose • J.K. Rowling is quoted as saying, “I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself.” • Her ______________ is to express thoughts and feelings.

38. Order of Importance • Our Government • The President • The Legislative Branch • The Supreme Court • Senators • Representatives • County/City Councils • Citizens • How is this organized?

39. Denotation Literal meaning of Home: a place of residence

40. Connotation Feelings associated with a home: cozy, family, warmth, protection

41. Evidence/Support • If I want to claim that UFO’s exist, what do I need to convince you?

42. Spatial • Patrick sits in the front my desk, Chad sits to the right of Patrick, and behind Chad is Kaitlyn, Casey, and Brittney. • What type of organization is being used to describe the class?

43. Chronologically First I was born Then I learned to walk and talk Then I went to school for 18 years (including pre-school, kindergarten, and college) Now I’m working at NEHS How are these events organized?

44. Subject/Verb Agreement She and her friendsare meeting up after school today. The bookis sitting on the table.

45. Language of the Test Denotation Diction Synthesis Antecedent Inference Narrator/Speaker Plot Structure Complication Syntax Tone

46. Plot Structure The sequence of events which focus on the conflict of the main character

47. Antecedent The word or word group to which the pronoun refers

48. Narrator/Speaker Character or voice that relates the story’s events to the reader

49. Inference A logical assumption that is based in facts

50. Tone Attitude a writer takes towards a subject