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English Vocabulary
CCE/Charbon
25
English
4th Grade
02/23/2009

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Term
analogy
Definition
comparisons between different objects
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abbreviation
Definition
a short way of writing a word
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analyze
Definition
to examine something carefully in order to understand it
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antonym
Definition
a word that means the opposite of another word
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cause
Definition
the reason that something happens
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compare
Definition
to judge one thing against another and notice similarities and differences
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compound sentence
Definition
combine two short related sentences into one sentence
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conflict
Definition
the main problem in a story
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context
Definition
the language around a word that helps you understand it
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contrast
Definition
to identify the differences between things
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effect
Definition
the result of something
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homonym
Definition
words that sound the same but have different meanings
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homophone
Definition
sound the same, spelled different, mean different
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indent
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to start a line of writing a few spaces in from the margin
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inference
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a conclusion drawn after considering all the facts
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parts of speech
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all the parts of a sentence such as nouns and verbs
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point of view
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a story from the perspective of a character
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prefix
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a word part that is added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning
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purpose
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a goal or and aim
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resolution
Definition
the solution
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revision
Definition
a change to make something better
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run-on sentence
Definition
two sentences that run into each other
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sentence fragment
Definition
a small piece of a sentence
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suffix
Definition
a word part that is added to the end of a word to change the meaning
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synonym
Definition
the word that means the same or nearly the same as another word
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