Unit 1: Lesson 5

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 6, Unit 1, Lesson 5.
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  1. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
  2. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  3. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  4. classification
    a group of people or things arranged by category
  5. advantage
    the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
  6. disadvantage
    the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
  7. comma
    a punctuation mark (,) indicating the separation of elements
  8. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
  9. antonym
    a word that expresses an opposite meaning
  10. introductory
    serving to open or begin
  11. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  12. cite
    refer to for illustration or proof
  13. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  14. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  15. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  16. trait
    a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
  17. motivation
    psychological feature arousing action toward a desired goal
  18. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
  19. subordinating conjunction
    a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause
  20. conjunction
    a function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases
  21. complex sentence
    a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
  22. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  23. synthesize
    combine so as to form a more complex product
  24. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  25. reliable
    able to be depended on; consistent or steady
  26. credible
    capable of being believed
  27. essential
    absolutely necessary
  28. amplify
    increase in size, volume or significance
  29. generate
    bring into existence
  30. humiliation
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  31. murky
    cloudy, dirty, and difficult to see through
  32. rivulet
    a small stream
  33. cascade
    rush down in big quantities
  34. precipice
    a very steep cliff
Created on Mon Sep 14 15:22:10 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Sep 15 18:44:46 EDT 2020)

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