Unit 2: Week 4 Vocabulary

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  1. expert
    a person with special knowledge who performs skillfully
  2. focus
    direct one's attention on something
  3. visible
    capable of being seen or open to easy view
  4. relate
    give an account of
  5. detect
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  6. transmit
    broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
    The beeping box and antenna are radio telemetry instruments. Brian is using them to zero in on a critter with a radio transmitter inside of it.
  7. iconic
    relating to a symbolic figure
    “Gila monsters are an iconic species of the Sonoran Desert,” says Kevin. But being famous hasn’t gotten Gila monsters much scientific attention over the years.
  8. nocturnal
    belonging to or active during the night
    They’re nocturnal much of the year and spend a lot of their time in underground burrows.
  9. burrow
    a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
    They’re nocturnal much of the year and spend a lot of their time in underground burrows.
  10. fragment
    break or cause to break into pieces
    Are highways and fences separating Gila monsters and creating small, fragmented populations?
  11. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
    An informational text gives factual information about a topic, or the person, event, or idea that a text is about.
  12. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
    The purpose is why you are writing. Are you writing to entertain, persuade, or inform your readers? How will you achieve your purpose?
  13. past perfect
    a verb tense used to express a previously completed action
    The past perfect tense shows an action that began and ended in the past. Last week, we had marched in the parade.
  14. present perfect
    a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
    The present perfect tense shows an action that began in the past and ended in the present. Now we have marched from Main Street to City Hall.
  15. future perfect
    a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future
    The future perfect tense shows an action that will start and end in the future. By the end of the year, I will have marched in four parades.
  16. prediction
    a statement made about the future
    Before you read, make predictions about what you will learn based on the genre.
  17. confirm
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    While reading, confirm, or check, your predictions using text evidence.
  18. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
    An analogy, which is a type of figurative language, compares two unlike things that have something in common.
  19. figurative
    not literal
    An analogy, which is a type of figurative language, compares two unlike things that have something in common.
  20. prefix
    an affix that is added in front of the word
    The prefixes il-, in-, im-, and ir- tell information about relationships between things. All four prefixes mean “not.”
  21. precise
    characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth
    Precise language and word choice replace general nouns with specific descriptions and replace vague verbs with action verbs.
  22. domain
    the content of a particular field of knowledge
    Domain- specific language is vocabulary that applies to a particular study, or domain.
  23. tense
    a category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
    Writers use verb tense to show various times, sequences of events, states, and conditions.
  24. adverb
    a word that modifies something other than a noun
    An adverb tells how, when, or where something happens. It can describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
  25. agree
    show grammatical compatibility
    The subject and verb of a sentence must work together, or agree.
  26. preposition
    a word before a noun or pronoun connecting to another word
    Many prepositions are adverbs by themselves. They become prepositions when they are used in prepositional phrases.
  27. prepositional phrase
    a phrase beginning with a preposition
    They become prepositions when they are used in prepositional phrases. A prepositional phrase ends with a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition.
  28. object
    (grammar) a noun or noun equivalent that is acted upon
    A prepositional phrase ends with a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition.
  29. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
    Context clues, or surrounding words and phrases, can be used to determine the meaning of words.
Created on Wed Oct 14 09:16:27 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Oct 15 11:35:31 EDT 2020)

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