Teas Vocab Reading And English

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active verb

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verb that shows an action performed by the subject of the sentence

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active voice

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state of a sentence that contains an active verb

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adjective

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descriptive word that modifies nouns or pronouns

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adverb

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word modifying a verb, adjective, or other adverb indicating when, how, where, why, or how much

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apostrophe

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punctuation mark (') used to indicate possessiveness or the omission of letter or numbers

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article

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word that is used to limit a noun, either indefinite -a, an- or definite- the

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attributive tag

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part of a sentence that indicates who said a direct quote

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audience

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person or person who will be reading a piece of writing

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author's intent

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underlying reason why the author wrote the text

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biases

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opinions or beliefs that affect a person's ability to make fair, unclouded judgments or decisions

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cause-effect text structure

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first presents an action, and then describes the effects that result (or may result) from that action

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clause

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group of words that are related and contain both a subject and a properly conjugated verb

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colon

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(:) used to indicate that there is more info to follow

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comma

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(,) used to indicate a break or a pause within a sentence

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complex sentence

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sentence that contains an independent clause and a dependent clause

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compound sentence

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two (or more) independent clauses joined together with a coordinating junction

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critical reading

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reading style where the reader carefully analyzes the text, judging its credibility and the author's intentions, rather than simply accepting the material as fact

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cumulative sentence

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contains an independent clause followed by a parallel string of modifiers; modifiers may be adjectives, prepositional phrases, or dependent clauses

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clause

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groups of words that are related and contain both a subject and a properly conjugated verb

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colon

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(:) used to indicate there is information to follow

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comma

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(,) used to indicate a break or pause within a sentence

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complex sentence

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sentence that contains an independent clause and a dependent clause

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compound sentence

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two, or more, independent clauses joined together with a coordinating conjunction

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context

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text surrounding a word, phrase or passage

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context clues

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words surrounding an unfamiliar word that can help a reader discern the meaning of the unfamiliar word

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coordinating conjunctions

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words that join two or more words, phrases, or clauses so that each conjoined element is equal. (FANBOYS: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

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critical reading

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reading style where the reader carefully analyzes the text, judging its credibility and the author's intentions

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cumulative sentence

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contains and independent clause followed by a parallel string of modifiers; which may be adjectives, prepositional phrases, or dependent clauses