Fifth Grade Eog Vocabulary

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Climax

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the high point or the most exciting part of a story or a selection

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Contrast

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to show the differences between two objects or characters

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Compare

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to show the likeness between two objects or characters

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Analyze

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to examine in detail or to discover meaning

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Expression

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the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings

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Classify

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to arrange or organize

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Attitude

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an expression of feelings

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Consecutive

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following one after the other in order

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Ancient

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opposite of modern

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Effect

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the result of an action

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Column

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a vertical arrangement of text

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Italics

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slanted print that highlights certain words

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Advantages

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benefits

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Fable

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a selection that teaches a lesson; has animals as characters

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Author's Purpose

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the author's reason for writing a story or a selection. It is usually to persuade, to inform, or to entertain

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Article

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a written piece in a magazine or paper

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Imagery

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vivid descriptive language

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Contribution

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an article or illustration given to a publication

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Convey

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to communicate or make known

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Alliteration

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same sound or same letter repetition

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quotation

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a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc

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foreshadowing

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hints given by the author about what might happen later on in the story

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chronological

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arrangement by order of time or occurence

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genre

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a type of literature

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flashback

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where an author revisits a previous part of the story

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point of view

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a perspective from which a story is told

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mood

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the feeling the author wants you to have

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narrator

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the person speaking or telling the story

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inference

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to make an educated guess based on hints given by the author; to read between the lines

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predict

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to make an educated guess on what might happen later on in the story

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stereotyping

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uses common beliefs to make a blanket statement that is sometimes unfair

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opinion

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a view or judgment not necessarily based on fact

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neutral

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not taking a side in an argument or not feeling one way or another

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theme

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main idea or topic of a story

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modern

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relating to recent times or the present

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misleading

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giving the wrong idea or impression

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method

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a means or manner of procedure

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generalization

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a general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases

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mention

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to refer to something briefly

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quotation marks

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a form of punctuation used to set off dialogue

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Bold Print

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dark print used to highlight or emphasize certain words

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Approximately

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nearly, about, or a close estimate

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Characteristics

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personality traits or certain qualities

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Bi

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prefix meaning two

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Bio

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prefix meaning life

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Personification

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giving animals human-like characteristics

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Simile

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a comparison between two things using like or as

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Metaphor

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a comparison between two things not using like or as

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Sensory Perceptions

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understandings one comes to using the five senses

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Selection

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a piece of writing

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Represent

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to stand for or present

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Replace

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to take or fill the place of; to substitute for something

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Relevant Information

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necessary information to solve a problem

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Relate

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to tell or to have a sympathetic relation with another; to connect

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Reinforce

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to strengthen or support

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Referred

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to direct the attention or thoughts of

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React

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respond or behave in a particular way in response to something

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Curious

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eager to learn or know something

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Convince

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to persuade; to make someone agree with you

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Determines

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to decide or to settle

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Moral

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the lesson a story teaches

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Persuasive

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tending or having the power to make others believe something

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Motivate

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to give incentive to

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Myth

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a story that tells how something came to be; usually has a hero or elements of magic

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Influence

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an effect of one person or thing on another

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Technique

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a way of carrying out a particular task

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Qualities

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characteristics or character traits

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Impression

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a strong or favorable effect

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Strategy

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a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim

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Integrating

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combine with another so that they become one whole

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Personality

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traits; character traits

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Priorities

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rank by order of importance

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Reference

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a direction of attention to a passage elsewhere or to another book or document

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Humorous

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funny

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Passage

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the portion or section of a written work

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Potentially

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with the possibility of becoming actual

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Demonstrate

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to describe or explain through examples

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Subheading

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a heading given to a subsection of a piece of writing

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Plot

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the plan of a story

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Process

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a series of steps or actions taken to achieve an end