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  Vocabulary - Prefixes List 1 

You will need to know the meaning of each prefix and be able to use them in a sentence.

 anti - "against         auto- "self          co- "together         de- "remove           equa- "equal           ex- "former 

 inter-"between"     

Prefixes that mean "not":  a-;  dis-; il-: im-; in-; non-; un-

Greek and Latin Stem - graph = writing

Graph - activities

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Testing Vocabulary List 1  Quizlet to study these words.   

1. Conclude: To figure something out or make a decision using evidence

2. Describe: To tell something using writing or talking

3. Passage: A short piece of writing

4. Statement: Something that is said or written

5. Explain: To help someone know something in a clear way

6. Detail: A few words from a small part of a passage

7. Response: An answer in writing or talking

8. Support: To back something up and make it strongers

9. Paragraph: A chunk of text that begins with an indented or skipped line

10. According: “as it says in” or “as it’s stated by” 

Testing Vocabulary List 2   Quizlet to study these words.     

1. Cause: The reason why something happens

2. Effect: What happens next after something happens first

3. Compare: To explain how two things are alike

4. Contrast: To explain how two things are different

5. Similar: Two things that are alike 

6. Article: A nonfiction, information text

7. Capitalization: The act of writing with capital letters for the beginning sentences and for the names of people, places, and things

8. Reason: A statement that explains why

9. Phrase: A part of a sentence that is two or more words

10. Structure: The way the parts of writing are organized or the way they go together

Testing Vocabulary List 3     Quizlet to study these words 

1. Punctuation: The act of putting end marks, commas, and quotation marks in the right places so that the sentences start and end clearly and are easy to read

2. Mood: The feeling of a person or place

3. Narrator: A person or character who tells the story as you read it

4. Summary: A short retelling of a piece of writing

5. Theme: The biggest, most important idea or life lesson of a story

6. Author: The person who writes a story or article

7. Illustration: Art that goes alongside a story or article

8. Likely: Probably

9. Suggest: To hint at something without saying it directly

10.  Grammar: The rules of school writing